Mind Bake's video: 10 Strangest Facts About Dreams

10 Strangest Facts About Dreams Subscribe: http://bit.ly/28OgpSK Twitter: http://bit.ly/28UHzt2 Facebook: http://bit.ly/28OfgdH Number One: To sleep, perchance to dream....one way to tell if you are dreaming, apparently, is to try to read a book. It is reportedly very rare to be able to read a book in your dreams. Lucid dreamers claim that clocks can give you a clue about whether you are dreaming or awake. If you look at a clock and it isn't moving, but it shows a different time each time you look at it, you might be dreaming. Number Two: Lucid dreamers are their own subculture. They use various techniques to become aware they are dreaming, and then are sometimes able to control what they dream about. Once they gain control over their dreams, they are able to 'direct the action' - things like time travel, walking through walls, even flying. Number three: Dreams are responsible for many of the greatest inventions of mankind. A few examples include: The idea for Google -Larry Page, Alternating current generator -Tesla, DNA’s double helix spiral form -James Watson, The sewing machine -Elias Howe, Periodic table -Dimitri Mendeleyev…and many, many more. Number Four: Precognitive dreams have been documented. Those are dreams that foretell something that then actually happens. There are famous instances of predictive dreams. These include: Abraham Lincoln saw his assassination in a dream...Reportedly many people who experienced 9/11 saw it in dreams before the infamous date; Mark Twain had a dream about his brother dying; and The sinking of the Titanic was foretold by as many as 19 different people. Number Five: Another weird fact about dreams: Sleep Paralysis.....This is the stuff of nightmares. No, really - if you experience sleep paralysis you literally cannot move to escape a feeling of doom. There are 2 hallmark symptoms of sleep paralysis: the feeling that there is an evil presence in the room with you, coupled with the complete inability to move. Pair that with the sensation that you are NOT dreaming - and you have the makings of a truly terrifying experience. The amygdala (a part of the brain) is triggered during a sleep paralysis episode - so while you are paralyzed, your flight or fight response is fully engaged. This leads to physical symptoms of anxiety without the ability to respond as your body tells you RUN! or FIGHT! True terror! Number Six: During sleep, your body naturally progresses through various stages. Paralysis is actually normal in some stages of sleep. In REM (rapid-eye-movement) sleep, your body is usually paralysed. However, In rare cases, the paralysis doesn't take, and people act out their dreams. These have resulted in broken arms, legs, broken furniture, and in at least one reported case, a fire that led to a destroyed house. So paralysis in sleep isn't all bad! Number Seven: Sleepwalking is the rare form of REM sleep disorder that can lead to real danger...these people take acting out their dreams one step further, and actually go places while sleeping....One such sleepwalker is Lee Hadwin. Luckily his sleepwalking ramblings are harmless; he dreams he is an artist, and actually produces beautiful portraits, although he never remembers creating them. Sleepwalking can take a more dangerous turn, however.... Number eight: A woman having sex with strangers while sleepwalking; This one seems like a criminal defence attorney came up with it - A man supposedly drove 22 miles and killed his cousin while sleepwalking....And luckily, this one wasn't fatal: A sleepwalker walked out of the window from the third floor, and barely survived Although some experience sleep disorders that make sleeping a horrible experience, others enjoy dreaming so much they want to replicate the dream state even when awake....There is a psychedelic drug out there that can mimic the sleep state while awake - DMT, or Dimethyltryptamine, is the synthetic form of a natural chemical our brains produce during dreaming. This illegal drug is sought after by those who want to dream the days away... Number Nine: It is well known that penises have a mind of their own, and it is never more evident than the phenomena of 'nocturnal penile tumescence' Also known as 'morning wood' or 'morning glory', this phenomena is the physiological response of an erect penis while sleeping or waking up. Apparently, scientists have discovered that men experience up to 20 erections per dream.... Number Ten: Another physiological fact about dreams - people who are able to see at birth, but subsequently lose their sight experience visual imagery in dreams. On the other hand, those who are born blind do not experience any visual imagery at all. They still dream, and by all reports their dreams are just as intense and interesting as everyone else's. But for people who have never experienced sight, their dreams involve the other 5 senses - exactly as the blind experience the world while awake.