Wet Dreams?

Well, not exactly, but lots of other dreams up for inspection here today.

The Perspective research department has done extensive analyses of dreams from everyone sleeping around the office here and these are some of our findings!

-The average person has at least 5 dreams each night.
-Most dreams are 5 to 20 minutes in duration.
-Over a lifetime, you'll spend approximately 6 years dreaming.
-There are 5 stages of sleep and it's only during the final stage (called 'REM sleep') that you dream.
-Dreams are an expression of your real life thoughts, feelings, concerns and experiences.
-Everybody dreams; even those people who can't remember having any.
-The images and storylines that make up your dreams should generally not be taken literally; they typically contain hidden meanings.
-Men are more likely to dream about other men than they are to dream about women; whereas women dream of women and men equally.
-A particular dream that recurs and persists over a period of time is a strong indication that an important issue in your life needs to be resolved.
-To end a recurring dream you must interpret its true meaning and resolve the issue in your life that it refers to.
-Whilst dreaming, some people realise that they're dreaming and are able to control what happens in it; this is called 'lucid dreaming'.
-A process called 'dream incubation' allows you to increase your chances of dreaming about a particular topic, person or place.
-Before trying to sleep, spend a few minutes thinking about the good and bad points of your day; doing so clears your mind and improves the quality of your dreams.
-Alcohol and medications reduce your ability to remember your dreams; eating near to your bedtime has a similar effect.
-Watching television or reading a book immediately before going to bed increases the likelihood of you dreaming about what you watched / read; such dreams tend not to have hidden meanings.
-5 minutes after waking up, people forget 50% of the content of their dreams.
-If you want to remember more of your dreams, tell yourself before going to sleep that you want to do so; repeating it over and over in your mind as you lay in bed.
-On waking up, lay still and visually try to piece together any people, places, events, images, items and symbols that come into your mind.
-Questions you should try to answer about your dreams: who was in it?; where did it occur?; was it day or night?; what did you do?; did any images, items or symbols stand out from the others?; how did you feel?
-Keep a notebook and pen, or a small tape recorder, next to your bed so that you can make a record of your dreams when you first awake and your dreams are fresh in your mind.
-Write, draw or record everything that you remember from your dreams; even if they don't have a connection or seem relevant.
-Dreams in which people find themselves naked in public (normally work, school or a social event) are familiar to many people.
-The general interpretation of dreams that involve being naked in public is that you've been hiding something in your life from other people.
-Wearing no clothes in a dream can also represent you not being prepared (or being prepared but not feeling so) for an upcoming situation such as an exam, presentation, date etc.
-If you dream that you're naked, but no-one in the dream realises that you are, it means that whatever you're hiding or are worried about is not an issue for other people.
-If you dream that you're naked, but you don't care who sees you, it means that you're feeling comfortable and relaxed about whatever happens to you in your life.
-A dream in which you're wearing just underwear gives a similar interpretation to a dream in which you're naked; the underwear representing that you're quite anxious about something but not wholly so.
-Seeing someone you know naked or wearing their underwear in a dream (in a non sexual way), indicates that in real life you're conscious that that person is hiding, or is unprepared for, something.

And what about those wet dreams you say? Maybe tomorrow!

Your "dreamer"scribe;
Allan W Janssen

Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !

Visit the blog "Perspective" at http://allans-perspective.blogspot.com/