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dreams and things that go bump in the night
Оглавлениеwalking and talking in our sleep
During sleep we have dreams, but we also have other experiences which are not, in the true sense of the word, dreams. Physiological and psychological changes take place during sleep, so experiences we may call ‘dreams’ are, in fact, the manifestation of these changes in dream form. When the sleep pattern changes from NREM to REM, considerable physiological changes take place. The heart begins to pound heavily and there is a rise in blood pressure; muscle tone is also affected.
These sensations are transformed into scenes which either incorporate or symbolise the feeling. Sounds are also used in this way by our dreaming mind. An example of this is the dreamer who dreamed she was in a room with her husband listening to an aeroplane overhead. The aeroplane stopped and she said to her husband ‘I hope it is not going to crash’. Suddenly, the engine restarted. She awoke and realised that the aeroplane engine that stopped and started in her dream was none other than the intermittent snoring of her husband.
Smells are also integrated into dreams. When a dreamer moved into a flat over an Indian restaurant, he began to have dreams about nutmegs (the only spice he knew); this shows how the dreaming mind tries to logicise as well as symbolise.
