There are many theories that tries to explain reason and the function of dreams. Today we will discuss some the popular theories about dream.
The theories are mentioned below:-
• Dreams are the ways of revealing wishes and emotions you never realized you had, unburying hidden emotions you never dealt.
• Dreams are just side effect of activated signals in the brain. When the brain tries to interpret these signals, we experience dreams.
• Dreams are just flashes of short-term memories which are stored in on temporary spot, before they turn into long-term memory.
• Dreams are just ways to remind us what we once forgot and helps us to retain things that we had learned, long ago. Unifying memory.
• The evolution of mind is related to the Dreams. Dreams stimulates fear and threatening events to prepare us to fight in real life situations.
• Dreams are imaginary ways that help us to fulfill our wishes which are impossible in reality. Like - exploring the universe, time travel, flight and many more.
One more theory stated by Famous psychotherapist Sigmund Freud, that the content of dreams reflects the dreamer's unconscious mind and specifically wish fulfillment, often relating to early childhood memories and experiences. Freud's theory describes dreams as having latent content that relates to deep unconscious wishes or fantasies and a manifest content that is superficial and meaningless.
As we are rapidly progressing in the field of Neuroscience, So in near future scientists will surely find out the exact reason behind - Why We Dream.
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