Things you didn't know about dreams...
Have you ever dreamed about yourself playing bingo and winning the big jackpot? Sometimes it feels like you are able to remember absolutely everything. Even the bingo caller's voice reading the last number on your bingo card, just before you could hear yourself yelling BINGO! There was a giant bingo hall, strangely located in your house, but that didn't seem to surprise you,– I mean, why can't a huge bingo hall fit on your small living room? Against all laws of physics and common sense, family, friends and acquaintances, even your true love was there congratulating you on that lucky night, lifting you up, and taking you to the cashier, where you would happily claim your prize. Precisely in that moment, when they are finally giving you the check with 8 zeros, you wake up all agitated, falling of your bed and awaking the entire family! It was only a dream!
Dreams take place in a fantastic world that is, unique and unrepeatable. Everyone is capable of visiting the realm of dreams, where everything is possible, and where we live the most unpredictable experiences, that come from our own subconscious mind. But why do we dream? Why are some of these dreams so intense that they remain in our memories, while others take a lot of effort to remember or we vanish them completely? Very well, dreams have always caught the attention and wonder of all human cultures in history, and the latest research on this matter can tell us something more about their mysteries.
The act of sleeping is necessary to survive. We rest our mind and body and this helps our system recover. But our brains keep working all the time. A lot of the most revealing information has been discovered from research based on Electro-encephalography and Electro-oculography. These are the detailed studies that register the bio-electrical brain activity and eye movement, while our body it's resting. According to these studies, dreams can be divided into several stages, with different levels of brain activity. It's usually on the last stage called Rapid eye movement sleep, or REM sleep, where most complex and memorable dreaming occurs. The brain activity during the last phase of dreams presents similar conditions to an awake person with eyes open.
When we dream, our moving eyes try to send information to our brains, and since there is no logical data collected by our closed eyes, our mind tries to avoid a stopping, and interpret these signals in a very particular way. So the things we see, say and live within our dreams, are the result of our minds taking all kinds of data, generally from our immediate memory, and trying to re-order and organize this information in a coherent way.
It is very likely, if you are an eager bingo fan and always play with great passion, you will dream yourself several times enjoying bingo with your closest friends, and having the most exciting virtual adventures, that take place only in your mind. And that's the amazing thing about dreams! That even when you are resting you can play and enjoy your favorite game and live the rush and intensity of winning the biggest jackpot! And when you wake up, don't feel disappointed, because you should always remember, if you wish really really hard for it, dreams can come true!
