encing the Voices" Jean Darby Cline, Berkley June 1997 http://www.asarian.org/~astraea/household/manifest.html "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" Movie What actually are dreams? Dreaming is a different state of consciousness. Brainsare in constant activity and constantly giving odd brain waves. Dreams are acommunication of mind, body, and spirit. During dreams the mind reviews long and shortterm memory. Dreams are mysteries of the mind and adventures of the sleeping brain. While sleeping, there are two different classifications. These two classifications areparadoxical sleep, also known as rapid eye movement (REM) and orthodox sleep alsoknown as non-REM sleep (Craig 1). During REM is the time the brain dreams. REMoccurs every sixty to ninety minutes. Dreams last from five to thirty minutes. Dreams areimportant to our sleeping brain (Koch-Sheras 6). During sleep the body is functioning at a very low level. The brain is constantlygiving off electric brain waves. During non-REM the brain waves are slow and large whilethe body is calm. During REM brain waves speed up and become smaller, the body's heartrate also speeds up. REM occupies about twenty percent of the night. While the brain isdreaming, it is in the stage of REM. While the brain dreams it may have imaginary, butreal experiences. During dreams some sleepers may take part in the story or just watch thetale unfold. There are many different types of dreams. These dreams include lucid dreaming,nightmares, and fantasies. In lucid dreaming the sleeper is conscious he/she is dreamingand of what is going on. In some cases the dreamer may be allowed to control their dream(Loyd 84). This is an exciting experience.Besides lucid dreams, there are nightmares. These are frightening dreams that maywake the sleeper up feeling axioms or fearful. Nightmares are usually causes of real lifeanxieties or fears. Nightmares mostly occur in children because of their growing minds andwonders. Along with...
