Why Do We Dream_ Calming Mind Science for Deep Sleep
You fly through impossible cities. You speak to people who have been dead for years. You relive memories that never happened. Dreams are not random noise. They are your brain processing the world in a language your waking mind cannot understand.The leading scientific theory is that dreams are a byproduct of memory consolidation. During REM sleep, your brain replays the day's events, strengthening important memories and discarding irrelevant ones. The random activation of neural circuits creates the bizarre narratives we call dreams. Another theory suggests dreams serve a threat simulation…
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