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Why do we have nightmares?

Posted by in People on 11. Mar, 2010 | 9 Comments

Everyone dreams. A person may or may not remember dreaming, but everyone does it. Occasionally, the dream may be a bad one, something that is called a nightmare. The term “nightmare” actually comes from the Middle Ages and refers to the bad dreams sent to us by goblins. The “mare” portion of the word is [...]

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Why do we dream?

Posted by in People on 04. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments

Dream research offers many answers to the question why do we dream, but there is no single definite answer. Some researchers believe that dreaming is essential to our mental, emotional and physical well being while others believe dreaming serves no real purpose at all. The most commonly accepted theory however is that dreaming is a [...]