Crazy Facts About Dreams To Steal Your Sleep

Dreams are an area that we rarely venture into. The figurative use of the word 'dreams' is in fact much more common that the original act of dreaming. We all know that dreaming is an activity we all do and yet, we don't remember it. Dreams have always been a door to our subconscious mind. That is why, the crazy facts about dreams tell us just how whacked our psyche is.

You must be wondering what can be the crazy facts about dreams that can actually make you sleepless? Dreaming is a natural phenomenon; there is hardly anything shocking about it. But these crazy facts about dreams can actually give you a start. Check out the points to see how many of these facts are new to you.

Crazy Facts About Dreams:

Every Human Being Dreams
There is not a single living human being who sleeps into blankness. Every one of us dreams when we sleep.

Even Animals Dream
Just to press the point a little further, animals can also dream. Research suggests that their brain is active and emits signals while they sleep.

Blind People Dream Too
We dream from the mind and not from the eyes. That is why, blind people also dream.

We Forget 90 Percent Of Our Dreams
Most often we do not remember our dreams. To be precise a whopping 90 percent of our dreams are forgotten.

You Know The Strangers In Your Dream
You must be used to seeing complete strangers in your dreams. Actually they are people who you have met in your real life. Your mind cannot create faces or people. These strangers are pulled out of your own subconscious.

You Can Have 7 or More Dreams In One Night
When you are in a deep sleep, you are not dreaming continuously. Although it is all surreal, dreams do have beginnings and ends. You can have 7 or more different dreams in one night.

Your Body Is Paralysed As You Dream
When you are in deep sleep, something called REM or Rapid Eye Movement happens. Your brain mentally paralyses your body so that all the action in your dreams do not wake you up physically.

You Can Get Ideas In Your Dream
Dreams are doors to the subconscious. When you are awake, you are not aware of your subconscious. But in sleep, you can get 'Eureka' moments when you grab some great idea from your own consciousness. Salvador Dali is a painter who woke up from sleep in order to paint his dreams.

Some People Dream In Black n White
Roughly 10-15 percent people have black and white dreams. The only plausible explanation for this is that older people who were used to monochrome television dreamed in black and white!

These are some crazy facts about dreams that can make you lose sleep. How many of these did you already know?