How Sez Sees It

I am not usually one for these sorts of new agey ideas, but I do believe that there is something in our dreams. To understand what our dreams are trying to tell us we must first understand why we dream. There are different theories behind why we dream and the truth is that no one really knows. One is that we dream so we can act out our desires and fantasies in a safe environment. There is no consequence in a dream which isn't real. Other theories say that we dream because we are trying to make sense of information we pick up during the course of the day. Our brains take in more than we realise and this needs to be processed at some point. Dreams can also be an insight into our unconscious minds. You may not realise you were worried about something but it surfaces in our dreams. Dreaming is only one part of sleep and sleeping is actually when our brains are most active. Sleep is beneficial in that it rests our bodies and repairs any damage done during the day but the brain uses ...

Ever since we have had televisions in bedrooms and mobile phones in our hands at all hours of the day and night the question has been there. Do we get enough sleep? Recent studies suggest we may only get as much sleep as our ancient ancestors did. Apparently with all the looking out for dangerous things sleep was light anyway and that is something that we have kept through evolution. Blue light emitted from televisions and mobile phones is thought to prevent the brain from creating melatonin, which we need to go to sleep. Keeping our brains active later is also not helping. If we read emails and try and work later into the evening we are not giving our brains time to 'switch off'. Also, we tend to panic if we think we are not getting enough sleep. A few times in my life I have been laying awake in bed and worried that I wasn't getting to sleep. Really my body and brain probably didn't need so much sleep that night. Or perhaps I was too worried about something happ...