Sleep Facts

Some amazing facts about sleep:

One third of our life is spent sleeping
In your lifetime, you would've spent about 6 years of it dreaming. That is more than 2,100 days spent in a different world
Dreams have been here as long as mankind. Back in the Roman Era, striking and significant dreams were submitted to the Senate for analysis and interpretation
Everybody dreams. EVERYBODY! Simply because you do not remember a dream does not mean that you did not dream
Dreams are indispensable. A lack of dream activity can mean protein deficiency or a personality disorder
We dream on average of one or two hours every night. And we often even have 4-7 dreams in one night
Blind people do dream. Although their dreams may not consist of vivid images, blind people can clearly recall and describe the sounds they hear or the textures they come in contact with in their dream. Their hearing and tactility are hyper-sensitive
Five minutes after the end of the dream, half the content is forgotten. After ten minutes, 90% is lost
The word dream stems from the Middle English word, dream which means "joy" and "music"
Men tend to dream more about other men, while women dream equally about men and women
Studies have shown that our brain waves are more active when we are dreaming than when we are awake
Dreamers who are awakened right after REM sleep are able to recall their dreams more vividly than those who slept through the night until morning
People who are giving up smoking have longer and more intense dreams
Toddlers do not dream about themselves. They do not appear in their own dreams until the age of 3 or 4
If you are snoring, then you cannot be dreaming
Nightmares are common in children, typically beginning at around age 3 and occurring up to age 7-8
De JA Vu in dreams occurs more often in females than males.

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