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Home » Understanding dreamsWhy do we daydream?What causes daydreaming?What triggers it and what’s the purpose? Before we begin to understand why we daydream, I want you to imagine the following scenario: You’re studying for a particularly hard test that’s round the corner and feel that you haven’t covered as much of the syllabus as you …
Home » Understanding dreamsIn dreams, while our conscious mind is inactive, our subconscious mind is actively working on problems that we may have failed to solve consciously in our waking life. That’s why it’s highly likely that a solution to a problem that you’ve been working on for quite a while can pop up in …
Home » Understanding dreamsWhat is a lucid dream and how does it differ from normal dreams How do you go about having a lucid dream? If you’re curious about these questions, keep reading… Usually, in the dream-state, the subconscious mind is active while the conscious mind is temporarily switched off. However, sometimes the conscious mind also becomes …
Home » Understanding dreamsSuppose you wanted to send an important email to someone but as soon as you hit the ‘send’ button, your screen displayed, ‘Message not sent. Check your network connection’. You check the connection but it’s fine and so you hit ‘send’ again. The same message displays again. In your frustration, you hit ‘send’ …
Home » Understanding dreamsTeeth falling out or rotting or breaking dreams are common types of dreams that many people have seen. Along with dreaming about flying, falling, being chased and being lost, such dreams are pretty much universal. These dreams pose a challenge to the way we usually interpret dreams. The best way to interpret …
Home » Understanding dreamsIn this article, we unveil the mystery surrounding dreaming of falling, flying and being naked. Dreaming of falling This dream can take up other forms such as drowning or sinking in quicksand. This dream generally represents a loss of control that you may be currently experiencing in your life. You took a …
Home » Understanding dreamsThis article will discuss two common dreams that people have i.e. dreaming of being chased and dreaming of failing in an exam. We all have our unique dream symbols the meaning of which can be understood in the light of our own belief systems but there also exist some dreams that are …
Home » Understanding dreamsWe often come across certain dream symbols in our dreams and it’s important to try to figure out what they mean. Many times dreams are very clear in their message- you see yourself talking to a person you wanted to talk to in real life or you see a friend you were …
Home » Understanding dreamsSomeone has rightly said that an uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter. In this article, I’ll tell you how to interpret dreams using this easy-to-follow, 5-step guide. Almost all of us see dreams at night whether we remember them or not. It is believed that we see around 3 to 6 …
Home » Understanding dreamsThis article will explore what causes weird dreams using the concept of dream symbolism. I first came across dream symbolism in the book Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud. Dreams are a means of communication between you and your subconscious mind. When you are dreaming, there is often a message that the …