If there is something that we all do, it’s the fact that we all dream in some form or another. Even animals have dreams. Blind people also have the ability to dream. While we sleep, our mind processes our everyday thoughts and stresses and help us process them in order to better understand them. Legend has it that the famous artist, Salvador Dali would wake up from his dreams and immediately start painting so that he can catch the surreal fantasy that he saw with his mind.
Even Vincent Van Gough confessed that he dreams what he paints, as well as painting what he dreams. Dreams are the source of our inspiration. Even Stephanie Meyer said that she dreamed the iconic field scene in Twilight, which gave her inspiration to write the famous novels.
There are so much more to dreams than random images and people we see in our minds. Our dreams have the ability to send us a message and help us cope with a stressful situation in our lives. Dream therapy isn’t too far off the radar when it comes to helping people cope with the issues in their lives.
Here are ten mind-blowing facts about dreams. There is a whole field of study dedicated to our dreams, and scientists and psychologists are trying to harness the power of our dreams to see just how far our minds can go when it comes to our relationship to Earth and our entire existence. We may never know what our dreams will mean exactly, but the professionals have given us a good head start.