Katie Phelps

So I think that I dream way too much.  Or at least that I remember way too many of my dreams.  Last night I had so many dreams and woke up so many times that I don’t really think that I slept much.  Around 4:30, I just wanted the night to end so much that I didn’t want to go back to sleep.  Anyway.  Another interesting thing about my dreams is the content of them.  Bryan tells me that my dreams are much weirder than his ever have been.  So this afternoon, I looked up why we dream and why we dream about what we do.  Here are some things: (from coolquiz.com, I know it’s not the most reliable source but interesting information none the less)

Psychological theorists of dreams focus upon our thoughts and emotions, and speculate that dreams deal with immediate concerns in our lives, such as unfinished business from the day, or concerns we are incapable of handling during the course of the day. Dreams can, in fact, teach us things about ourselves that we are unaware of.

 The physiological theory centers upon how our body, specifically our brains, function during the REM phase of sleep. Proponents of this theory believe that we dream to exercise the synapses, or pathways, between brain cells, and that dreaming takes over where the active and awake brain leaves off. When awake, our brains constantly transmit and receive messages, which course through our billions of brain cells to their appropriate destinations, and keep our bodies in perpetual motion. Dreams replace this function.

 I hope you have great dreams!