Some people believe dreams are foretelling of the future while other say its just events through out your day captured by the subconscious mind. To understand the meaning of your dreams you will first have to understand how we dream.

Dreams occur during the rapid eye movement sleep phase. During this phase our eyelids are closed but the eye itself is making rapid movements with brain activity peaking causing temporary paralysis. Dreams are influenced by thoughts and emotions, more specifically imminent worries in our lives. Any suppressed feelings through the day will surface in the form of a dream at night. Philosophers like Aristotle believed that there is a connection between dreams, experiences while being awake and emotional needs thus our subconscious desires are awaken during our sleep. This is especially true in terms of dream recurrences. These dreams indicate that there are unresolved or unconfronted issues haunting your subconscious. The anxiety and stress caused by the issues will have a impact on your sleep as well as dream patterns.

Religious explanations also exist for the occurrence of dreams. In the Christian faith, dreams are referred to as being prophesy's.

Dreams should be interpreted by the dreamer as he or she has their own believe system why dreams occur as well as inside information as to the detailed content of the dream. Each individual is unique and so is the dreams they dream. Guidance can be obtained from books, internet or mediums in terms of pattern or dream themes for example dreaming of animals is a referral to your own sexual desires and primitive desires.However blank spaces will have to be filled by the dreamer. Discuss your dreams with other people and compare, you may just stumble across possible meanings of your dreams in their dreams and find your own meanings by interpreting the dreams of others

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