Why do we dream? In the Third Millennium BCE, Mesopotamia and Kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. 1000 years later, ancient Egyptians wrote a dream book listing over 100 Common Dreams and their meanings, and in the years since we haven't paused in our quest to understand why we dream so. after a great deal of scientific research technological advancement, and persistence we still don't have any definite answers but we have some interesting theory. We dream to fulfill our wishes. In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud proposed that while all of our dreams, including our nightmares, are a collection of images from our daily conscious lives, they also have symbolic meanings which relate to the fulfillment of our subconscious wishes. Freud theorized that everything we remember when we wake up from a dream is a symbolic representation. of our unconscious primitive thoughts. Freud believed that by analyzing those remembered elements, the un
How stress affects your brain! Are you sleeping restlessly feeling irritable or moody forgetting little things and feeling overwhelmed and isolated don't worry we've all been there-you're probably just stressed out? Stress isn't always a bad thing. It can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you're playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it's continuous, the kind most of us face day in and day out, it actually begins to change our brain. chronic stress like being overworked or having arguments at home can affect brain size its structure and how it functions right down to the level of your change stress begins with something called the hypothalamus-pituitary in the adrenal axis. A series of interactions between endocrine glands in the brain, an opportunity that controls your body's reaction to stress. When your brain detects a stressful situation, your HPA axis. Is instantly activated and releases a h