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Asked by emilyevans2012 to Adam, Catherine, Karen, Leila, Nazim on 14 Mar 2012.
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Adam Stevens answered on 14 Mar 2012:
All I know about this is that supposedly our dreams are our brains trying to organise the experiences we’ve had. So when you have a really weird dream involving lots of people/places/things that don’t really go together they’re all things that you’ve experienced. Apparently we can’t make things up in our dreams, just put real stuff together in weird ways!
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Leila Battison answered on 14 Mar 2012:
Scientists really don’t understand dreams very well, because they don’t really have a good way to record what you were dreaming about. You can only tell someone what you were dreaming, but the people or places or activities might only mean something to you, and you’d never be able to explain all your life experiences to another person. Also, you forget what you dreamt about quicker than you can tell it!
We can interpret dreams a bit though, and especially nightmares – and relate them to the worries that people have. If you dreamt about losing your dog, it might mean that you were worried about losing your dog, or you could be worried about losing anything!
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Catherine Rix answered on 14 Mar 2012:
Sleep science is a very interesting area. Some scientist use special sleep labs to study what happens to your brain while you are asleep. I often dream about things I am worried about or things that have happened to me recently so I guess it’s my brains ways of sorting through everything while I’m asleep. There are some books that tell you about the meaning of dreams. I used to dream a lot about my teeth falling out and according to the book I read it means good luck. I think it really means that I was worried about my teeth falling out!
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Nazim Bharmal answered on 21 Mar 2012:
One theory for why we dream is that is a chance for our brains to sort out the memories and experiences that we got or had during the day.
So often I find I dream about something I did, saw, heard, or even was thinking about during the day. Especially if it is something that I was thinking about quite a lot or just before I went to sleep.
Don’t forget that we can’t remember every dream we have during one night: only the most recent. It is also considered good to dream because it means your sleep has achieved one of the important levels (there are a few) that we need to stay healthy.
The funny bit in the dream is often when you fall (or are falling) and wake up with a fright. Perhaps that is the body and brain getting a bit confused and releasing adrenelin to frighten you, even though nothing is really happening!
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