Is your sleep dreamless?

After a tiring day, we slump on the bed and the eyelids close transporting us to our dreamland — Many of us will describe the slumber period in similar ways. But does everyone reaches their dream world?

A dream could be several events patched into one and it can also be a short lived phenomenon reacting to an outside stimuli like voices or the sound of the TV. For instance, if one is thirsty while asleep and a dream shapes up about drinking water but somehow the parched throat refuses to seek relief to an extent that once the person wakes up the thirst is immediately realized.

 If one takes a notice, dreams change during the different phases of one's life as experts say it helps relieve the conscious mind from dwelling in a disturbing thought through a diversion. Although many might disagree as sometimes dreams are scarier than the real circumstances forcing one to wake up with a troubled mind. Well it is the case when the desires and troubled thoughts in the unconscious mind find their way into awareness through dreams, thus reliving the darkest emotions and fantasies.

That little dream might mean a lot.

Some people may have witnessed that as they grew up there's a gradual decrease of dreams to an extent that their sleep turns dreamless.  Well the answer lies in Sigmund Freud's famous interpretation — "dreams are '...disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes'." While one's young the ambitions and aspirations, how much ever impractical, knows no bound. And since not every one of the wishes can be fulfilled, the ideas slowly shifts to the unconscious mind making each wish a reality in the dreams. As one grows up, with maturity the thought process goes through a change and the wishes turn as practical as possible. So while some act upon their wishes and instincts, some do not; and the frequency of the dreams depends on it.

This brings in the question "Is your sleep dreamless?" If yes, you have understood the priority of your wishes and no more feel the need to dwell in any unfulfilled thoughts as you are content with the ways things have shaped in your life. If no, then you are dreamer even with open eyes. Act upon your wishes and instincts and by the time they turn real, you are creating space for more desires to set in. A life without aspirations might turn dull but don't turn to be a dreamer without any real efforts. After all, a real party can be enjoyed better than a party in your slumber.