Dream symbols over the span of human life: evolution of symbolic representations about reality


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We spend one third of our lives in a state of sleep (unconscious existence), which is referred to as a natural mechanism for restoring energy and giving our bodies much-needed rest at night. As we get older, the duration of such rest tends to become more and more prolonged in order to maintain our vital funct ...

Dreaming Slim: Forced fixations on weight loss and their effects on our subconsciousness


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The self-obsessed selfie culture propagated by social media has put even greater pressure on people to look their best for fear of being rejected or ridiculed. Among the latest vanity trends and excessive focus on beauty is the dieting and exercise bandwagon. Role models, exacerbated by peer pressure and medi ...

Dreams containing imagery of self-reflection, own likeness and their connection to the dreamer’s personality traits


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When awake, we are bombarded by external forces and stimuli which influence how we behave and project ourselves to the world. As we sleep, we carry all this information into the dream world, so that we can process and reflect on the events that happened during the day. During waking hours, our mind is constan ...

Guest Blog: An Introductory Guide to Lucid Dreaming


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Lucid dreaming is like living in a virtual world where you are the lawmaker, and the things work as per your wish. Although this all is happening in a dream yet, there is no difference between a real world scene and a lucid dream. During a full night sleep, our brain induces dreaming many times a night. Most ...

Why dreaming about bees is so common or persistent: The social aspect of the underlying meaning


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Having dreams about bees or bee colonies has a strong underlying social context, but it can also have more general meanings depending on the situation experienced in a particular dream vision. A fairly common dream scenario is about myriads of bees invading houses or apartments, to the point of su ...

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