Dreams are an integral part of our brain activity. So where do dreams come from and why are they needed?
Even primitive people tried to interpret dreams. When one of these dreamers once told his fellow tribesmen that he flew at night, they only scoffed at him, saying that he spent the whole night in a cave in his place. Such situations continued for many centuries, until one day people decided that it was a separate entity that had nothing to do with the physical body. This is how the idea of the immortality of the soul appeared.
Dreams were also studied by the ancient Greeks. One of the gods, Hypnos, was the god of dreams. He and his three sons were responsible for the world of dreams: Morpheus - for sweet peaceful dreams, Fantaz evoked bizarre dreams, and Fobetor caused terrible nightmares.
Of course, modern science does not explain the appearance and content of dreams by divine will at all. It turns out that our brain does not turn off completely during sleep, but continues to work with might and main, systematizing the information received during the day and sorting it into necessary and unnecessary. Of course, he gets rid of the unnecessary, but the necessary just fits well in the head at night.
Seeing dreams is a property inherent not only in humans, but also in animals. Dreams are seen by everyone, without exception, the only difference is that someone remembers them, and someone does not.
Sleep is a "hodgepodge" of all daytime experiences. No matter how fantastic the dream may seem, all its elements individually are quite explainable: you have read about something, heard about something, saw something. Interestingly, it is this ability that you can use to your advantage. We all have probably heard the story about Mendeleev and his famous table more than once. So, each person is able to find the best way to solve a problem in a dream. It is not for nothing that they say that the morning is wiser than the evening. So if you are stubbornly puzzling over a solution to any issue, lie down for a nap. It is quite possible that you will wake up with a ready-made answer.
