(Ecns.cn)！Though the time has not yet come when a technology will enable us to enter the human mind and invade a person's dreams, in the land of myth and mystery, the dream analysis described in the book Duke of Zhou Interprets Dreams has reached near perfection. Everything you see, the people you meet in a dream, and all actions you take there are related to your daily life, he says.
Here below are 20 facts about the dreams that shape our lives in slumber.
1) A dream that reoccurs reveals a certain anxiety about unsolved issues in your life, even though you think you have them in hand.
2) A series of dreams that resemble a soap opera signifies, psychologically speaking, that your self-development is underway and you are reaching maturity.
3) Dreams do sometimes predict the future, in fact they are the subconscious reminding you how to properly prepare for it.
4) Black and white toned dreams are associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, sometimes it is just a reminder you are living a colorless life.
5) Dreams within dreams, which happen to more people than is often supposed, means that your mind has entered the deeper reaches of your subconscious.
6) It's normal to dream about tragic accidents happening to people you love, but it probably implies nothing more than that you feel concern for the specific individual.
7) All dreams send messages; it's always a good idea to pay more attention to yourself and your subconscious.
8) Traditional Chinese medical science states that dreams are related to the condition of your health. When Yin and Yang are unbalanced, dreams send out signals. Therefore, if you dream of being roasted in a big fire, then you probably are suffering from endogenous heat.
9) Dreams that contradict your real life are meant to make it up to you. Say you are bankrupt; you will probably dream about a great fortune. This interpretation in Chinese culture mirrors that of Griffen's theory. Dreams satisfy an emotional expectation and lower the stress of the dreamer.
10) Dreams sometimes reflect the effort your brain is putting into a certain quest.
11) Nightmares are supposed to leave you gloomy; the purpose is to get you to pay attention to the unpleasant things you are ignoring.
12) Not all dreams are remembered. Your brain decides which are irrelevant.
13) Frequent dreaming doesn't affect the quality of your sleep. As a matter of fact, having dreams indicates that your body is producing peptides, which are necessary for good health.
14) Sleeping with your hand on your chest doesn't always bring on nightmares, but the chances do get higher when you are experiencing difficulties in your daily life. Dreams are more associated with mental conditions than posture.
15) The feeling of fatigue experienced after a long dream is associated with a worn out nervous system.
16) Certain dreams return after many years, and this is probably triggered by a recent event being similar to one that occurred years ago.
17) In general, people spend of 6 years of their lifetime dreaming, and the dreams of your youth tend to be more vivid.
18) When a person is facing big life changes or stimulated by other external forces, he dreams more.
19) Some people insist they have longer dreams than others, but that's not always true, since it depends on how many fragments of dream you actually recall.
20) People have certainly been known to weep in a dream; our nervous systems are always fully active and responding to our dreams.
