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Lucid dreams.

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                          LUCID DREAMs A lucid dream is a type of dreams where the dreamer becomes aware that they are dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of control over the dream characters, narrative and environment. ➡️ There are two means of initiating a lucid dream  : • Dream induced lucid dream (DILD) :  Something within the dream triggers the dreamer to understand that they are dreaming. • Wake induced lucid dream (WILD) : The dreamer moves from waking to dreaming with no loss of awareness. He is totally aware about what he was his dreaming.  ➡️ Seven different conditions of clarity that a dream must fulfill in order to be defined as lucid dream  : 1) Awareness of dream state (orientation) 2) Awareness of capacity to make decisions 3) Awareness of memory functions 4) Awareness of self 5) Awareness of dream environment 6) Awareness of meaning of dream 7) Awareness of concentration and focus. ➡️  Benefits of lucid dreaming : Less a
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Nightmares

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             NIGHTMARES AND PARASOMNIAS Nightmares are frightening dreams, usually occurs during REM sleep (rapid eye movement sleep), that are normal and common in children under 10 years old and can also affect teens and adults. Parasomnias  are a category of  sleep disorders  that involve abnormal movements, behaviors, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, sleeping, between sleep stages, or during arousal from sleep. Parasomnias are dissociated sleep states which are partial arousals during the transitions between wakefulness,  NREM  sleep, and  REM sleep , and their combinations. ➡️ COMMON CAUSES : • Watching or reading Scary movies and books. • Individual experiences. • Stress or anxiety. • Ordinary stresses of daily life,such as problems at home or school. • Medication side effects. • A major change, such as amove or the death of a loved one. • Sudden trauma. Nightmares are defined as dreams that bring out strong feelings of fear, terror,
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What are dreams?

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WHAT ARE DREAMS ? A  dream  is a succession of  images ,  ideas ,  emotions , and  sensations  that usually occur involuntarily in the  mind  during certain stages of  sleep . • Facts about dreams : ➡️ We may not remember dreaming but we all are thought to dream between 3 to 6 times per night. ➡️  It is found that each dream lasts between 5 to 20 minutes.  ➡️ Around 95% dreams are not able to remember as soon as the person gets out of bed.  ➡️ Dreaming can help you learn and develop long-term memories. ➡️  Blind people dream more with other sensory components as compared to sighted people.      Dreams mainly occur in REM ( rapid eye movement ) stage of sleep cycle i.e when brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep are revealed by continuous movements of eyes during sleep. Dreams during this stage are remembered easily after sleep.       At times dreams occur in other stages of sleep also but these dreams are less vivid and memorable
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