• Question: Why do we dream?

    Asked by we want yang to Yang on 13 Nov 2017.
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      Yang Li answered on 13 Nov 2017:


      This hypothesis defines dreaming as a way to act out unconscious desires in a safe or “unreal” setting, presumably because to do so in reality would be unacceptable or even detrimental. But even in the 21st century we still are not sure why we dream. The only way to study dreams is to ask the dreamer.

      —— National Sleep Foundation

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