Why do we dream dreaming is one of the great mysteries of our biology for as long as humans have recorded history they have looked to understand the meaning behind dreams after extensive testing and research scientists still don't fully understand why we dream but the consensus is that dreaming is a way for our subconscious to process our fears desires and memories. There are many forms of dreaming the most common occurs about two hours after we fall asleep during our REM cycle during a typical eight-hour sleep period you will have four to five REM intervals each one getting longer and more vivid during REM our brain activity fires up and we experience the limitless space of our consciousness from tea parties with long-lost relatives to flying on giant butterflies much of what happens in our dream seems quite random but some try to interpret them to write about them and even become obsessed with them there's a whole subculture of people practicing what is called lucid or conscious dreaming using various techniques.
These people have learned to assume control of their dreams and do amazing things like travel to different dimensions or go back in time some of the greatest innovators credit lucid dreaming for their achievements Albert Einstein credited a lucid dream for his discovery of the theory of relativity Salvador Dali's amazing paintings were based on images. He saw while lucid dreaming and Larry Page says he came up with Google's main algorithm in a lucid dream there is another more powerful yet highly illegal method of reaching the dream world through the use of dimethyltryptamine or DMT DMT has been given the nickname the dream drug because of its powerful Hallucigenia properties, unlike cannabis or magic mushrooms this drug launches you into an out-of-body experience where time and space ceased to exist what's even more fascinating about DMT is that it's made from natural chemicals.
That is already in our bodies so it's like a way to chemically induce an intense dream another fascinating and rare form of dreaming our premonition dreams whether it is complete luck or psychic ability there have been many astounding cases of people dreaming of events before they happen in real life Abraham Lincoln famously dreamt about his assassination before it occurred. there were 19 verified premonition dreams about the Titanic catastrophe and many of the 9/11 victims claimed they had dreams warning them about the attack both men and women dream about sex in the equal proportion which is interesting considering that men think about sex twice as much when awake and both genders can experience orgasms while dreaming while science continues to debate about the exact meaning of our dreams it is clear we need to dream to be healthy those who cannot reach a REM cycle lose the ability to access long term memory after a week start hallucinating after two weeks and could eventually die from sleep deprivation after a month so make it a priority to get some deep sleep and experience some sweet dreams.