Why do we dream?

Currently there are many studies regarding dreams, since it has been a long research work that scientists have carried out to discover why we dream, although they have not discovered this reason, they have found data regarding what the function of dreams is, such as also what happens to our brain when we dream, among other things. It should be noted that, while we sleep we always dream, although we do not remember all but a small part of them.

Dreams are stories that can be real or that show us a small part of what could be a not too distant future, as well as fantasy scenes that our brain produces throughout the night, which can be based on in events that we want to happen or that the brain believes just because.

According to scientists, the purpose of sleep is unknown, but they have managed to determine that dreaming allows us to memorize and order information that is difficult to understand. It is important to keep in mind that we must go to sleep peacefully, leaving aside negative thoughts and everything that affected us during the day, because most of the time the negative is usually present in our dreams, which generates insomnia, nightmares and negative emotions.

What is the function of dreams?

When we sleep, the brain stays awake all the time without stopping working, so it fulfills an elementary function in our body and also while we sleep, since it is in charge of discarding and selecting memories. When we dream, the brain tries to provide a solution to the problems that were on our mind during the day. The function of dreams is to allow us to relax while we sleep, remember, imagine and fantasize. The appearance of nightmares in our dreams is a response that our brain gives us that we have not rested enough, some thought, fact or concern is spinning in our heads or that we did not give ourselves a space to meditate before falling asleep. Dreaming is an act that all people do, including animals, although in them they are totally different images.

What happens to our brain when we dream?

During our hours of sleep, which are usually at least 6 hours, maximum 8 hours for an adult, many events take place in our brain and it projects various images. Likewise, we find ourselves with sad, happy, exciting, fanciful dreams, nightmares and others, and all these dreams are related to what we did and thought during the day. Sometimes, when we have many dreams in one night, usually when we wake up we feel that we hardly slept, we did not rest and that the night passed in a second. What happens to our brain when we dream is that it resets our entire system, organizes and eliminates information, projecting meaningful and meaningless images through dreams.