30 Interesting Dream Facts
- Every human dreams. There are tons of people who can’t remember their dreams when they wake up, but they still get them
- Human beings spend roughly around 6 years of their lifetime dreaming
- Sometimes we dream outside of our REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)
- Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians were the first to create adream dictionaryin 4000 B.C.E
- We roughly spend around 1/3 of our lives sleeping
- People who suffer from apersonalitydisorderlack dream activity
- Our brains tend to be way more active when we sleep, than when we’re awake
- Humans tend to have around 3 to 7 dreams a night. We dream around 2 to 3 hours in a whole night
- 90% of the dream is lost the first minute we wake up
- Men tend to dream about men more than women, and women dream about people of both genders
- Drug withdrawal can cause more intense dreams. People who also quit alcohol and smoking experience heavier dreams and nightmares
- You can lucid dream for up to 30 minutes if trained properly
- It’s impossible to dream when you’resnoring
- Babies don’t dream of themselves until they reach the age of 3
- More women than men experience deja-vu in their dreams (eg. you have been in the dream before)
- People who experience Sleep Paralysis hear voices and see strangers in their rooms
- Nightmares happen more to kids than adults
- Blind people dream. Their dreams are auditory if they were born blind. If they became blind at an early age, they still dream of what they remember
- Did you know around 100 000driversa year crash going in and out of sleep in their cars
- Thousands of people suffer from sleep apnea in America
- Men get erections in their REM sleep and women have an increased blood flow to their vaginas
- You can translate over 5000dream symbols
- The word “Nightmare” was used a long time ago for a female spirit who besets people at night while sleeping
- On average, dogs sleep around 10 to 13 hours a day
- The colder your house is, the worseyour dreamsare. They say that if your room is at an averagetemperature, you have better sleeps
- Your body burns more calories sleeping than it does in the day time
- Information that we learn before we go to bed tends to stick with us longer than information any other time
- On average, cats sleep 10 to 15 hours a day
- If you avoid your sleep for more than 10 days, you will die
- A giraffe sleeps for only 2 hours a day
Source: Dreamdictionary
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