How many dreams do people have a night?
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Acording to my collage phyc. teacher it can be just one or an infinate number of them.  However even if you dont remember them we all dream everynight.
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I have spent a lot of time in the past few years analyzing my dreams.  I find the more I pay attention to them, the more (and in depth) I dream -- or more and in-depth I remember them.  [The argument remains, "do we always dream & not always remember?" or "Do we not always dream?".  I, personally, have not decided that issue.]\n\nI do find that my dreams relate to the present.  For example, in last night's dream, I dreamed a restaurant caught fire (I mentioned a dessert from that restaurant in a recent Yahoo!Answer); I was about to watch a sports event with girls from my high school (I have been thinking about my high school in the past few days, and about some of my male friends loving to watch football on TV); we were about to pull a fire alarm before I woke up (it was exactly like the fire alarm at my high school)...\n\nI remembered about seven specific connections between what's been on my mind lately and what I dreamed about in that one dream -- before I got caught up in the day's activities.  \n\nI am seriously believing that night dreams are very much like "day dreams" -- when your mind wanders during awake hours (when you think of a subject and your mind wanders with it... you make a story out of it sometimes).  If you've "day dreamed", you know what I mean.  \n\nPerhaps the more creative or day-dreamer you are, the more you night dream.  And, the more you pay attention to them, the more you remember them. \n\nMy conclusion is, more and more (or I should say "continually/repeatedly"), settling on that  relationship.  I have been studying them for years because I have had time to devote to it and dreams are such a hot issue at times; I have been intent on figuring them out, if I could.\n\nI do not believe that dreams are symbolic of some "inner self" that you are not unaware or conscious of.\n\nI, too, find I dream more (at night), or remember them, when I am (in general) less stressed.  \n\n\nTHAT'S the report!!   :D
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I just learned this... When people have worries or anticipations their unconcious mind comes alive during their sleep. Every dream has a meaning. If it's a nightmare, evaluate the dream there may be something in the dream that you need to recognize. Dreams are always telling you something!
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I remember a great many of my dreams. Actually, I keep a dream journal b/c I agree w/ U.... dreams speak from your subconscious mind. I don't believe that dreams are answers necessarily. Sometimes dreams may simply be a reenactment of the day's events. Sometimes they're predictions. Personally, dreams are typically my subconscious mind making assessments of my life.
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It depends it could keep you up at night. Or if you're weird like me, if i eat or drink before i go to bed i have weird dreams.
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have dreams? That is too much of a question to answer on Yahoo....Really think about how broad the question really is.....
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i can't remember any about flatmates, but i imagine i probably have had some. i have had a couple about family members i remember well... they were strange and a little scary. it's funny how dreams can affect your feelings for a while afterward!
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ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!  I wake all night long about every 45 minutes and know what I have been dreaming about.  I can easily go back into the dream by telling myself that it is not finished.  And  yes,,,,very often  I turn the dream into the result that I want.  I am  a heavy dreamer, perhaps because I am a light sleeper, or not.  All I know is that I remember every single dream, every day, and there are many of them.  And I can control them.  It is fabulous!!
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It has actually been suggested that our dreams are a state where we are programmed to do whatever is is we're going to do the next day, month, year, etc. As for myself I really don't know, I guess that's kinda how I look at it. I find that sometimes they might be telling us something, or that they may simply be flashbacks from our past.
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I'm not sure...but dreams are usually made by random thoughts and memories. Your subconscious is constantly working 24 hours 7 days and that's what's making you dream. They are just jamming all these things together then you have a dream...most of the time it doesn't make sense or sometimes even it comes true! Dreams are sure fun and weird!
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Everybody dreams, it's just that not everyone remembers their dreams.  Dreams are the unconsious sorting out what's going on in your life, whats happened during the day and sometimes throwing up issues that are concerning you. They are healthy.
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yes dreAms are based upon life experiences
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Well of course they sleep, but they certainly do dream. In fact their dreams are more vivid and sensual then sighted people because blind people have very strong senses. Their hearing, tasting, and sense of smell are quite accurate.
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Almost anything is possible or can be encountered in dreams. It is important not to overrate the significance of it and to analyse each dream carefully (or have it analysed by a trained expert).
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Nobody knows for sure, but they are essential. After several days of dream deprivation a person will exhibit severe mental and emotional reactions. Much research has been done on the subject, much of it at the Stanford University Center for Human Sleep Research. You can find more info at their website.
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If you have a different dream everynight, maybe.
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Our dreams are a combination of many components: activities we involve ourselves with, internal fears, anxiety, people we have come to know, desires that we contain, and the brain's incredible memory capacity.  It is possible that you have either a fear of such things or a secret fascination or obsession with these things.