otions. There are exceptions to this rule. An often-pondered aspect on dreams is sleepwalking and talking. Popular belief thinks that sleepwalking and talking are just individuals acting out what they see in their dreams. Actually neither of these seems directly linked to dreaming. They occur in the nondreaming phase of sleep and represent transitory releases of speech and motor mechanisms. There is no evidence to why this occurs. Also, a sleepwalker, contrary to popular belief, can injure himself (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). There are many subsidiary facts about dreams that most people do not know. One of these is that the older a person gets the less dreams they will have and the vaguer they appear. It has also been proven through research that using drugs such as stimulates increases the possibility of nightmares and other intense dreams. The reason for this is the change in chemicals within the brain. While an individual takes stimulates they will experience very exaggerated distorted dreams, where as a person taking depressive drugs, like Ridilin, will have slower less precise dreams. Finally one of the most shocking aspects of dreams is the fact that people can physically die while having them. This belief is completely theoretical and can't be proven however it is very fascinating. This scenario takes place mostly in elderly people. What causes the physical death is a highly complicated and intense dream. The origin of dreams like this is unknown however there have been cases of people dying of a form of shock. The brain can't control the...
