Did you know...❓ Curious facts series #5 🔎 /Sleeping and dreaming/

I have started a series of posts presenting some curious facts about our world along with weekly contest under the #curiousfacts tag Things you might already know or you might never thought of. It is very nice to learn something new everyday despite of it being useful or not. I collect the facts from all over the internet and books I've read. And I am curious to read your facts.

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And here are some curious facts about dreaming

During sleep we are paralyzed

Believe it or not, during your sleep your body is practically paralyzed because it does not repeat the movements that happen in it.

Ex smokers see their dreams brighter

Ex-smokers dream more intense and real dreams than other people. Most often they dream that they have started smoking cigarettes again and feel guilty.

Dreams are not literal

Our subconscious uses the language of symbols. Therefore, every dream should not be perceived literally, although it has a logical and rich storyline. The subconscious sends us signals, not accurate images.

We only dream of what we have seen

In our dreams we often see strangers, but we do not know that these faces are real people, those we have met in life, but we have not remembered them.

All people are dreaming

All people (except those with severe mental disorder) are dreaming. But men and women have different dreams. Men usually dream of representatives of their sex, while women see gender representatives in almost equal proportions in a dream.

We forget about 90% of our dreams

5 minutes after awakening, we do not remember even half of our dreams, and in 10 minutes we can hardly remember 10% of them.