Sleeping puts the world in order

Ever wondered why sleeping on a problem works? It seems that as well as strengthening our memories, sleep also helps us to extract themes and rules from the masses of information we soak up during the day. Bob Stickgold from Harvard Medical School and his colleagues found that people were better able to recall lists of related words after a night's sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day.

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Dreaming is such a weird phenomenom anyway... makes you wonder what makes it a necesity of life, you know? On of the chemicals released by your brain (dmt) while your sleeping is linked to otherworldly experiences and enlightenment... if you're interested in another perspective on the reasons behind dreaming, you really should listen to this sound clip...

Dreaming is such a weird phenomenom anyway... makes you wonder what makes it a necesity of life, you know? On of the chemicals released by your brain (dmt) while your sleeping is linked to otherworldly experiences and enlightenment... if you're interested in another perspective on the reasons behind dreaming, you really should listen to this sound clip...

It's... well, enlightening.

I don't know why it is, Carrieola, but whenever I have a night full of vivid dreams(REM activity), I always wake up refreshed , energetic and happy. I have a lot of vivid dreams.