The Circle in Our Dream

People in the early 20th century thought that famous people's dreams might contain messages about the future. One theory suggested that because dreams are related to sleep, they are easier to remember when we're awake and conscious. Other scientists disagreed and believed that because people dream while they are sleeping, they Forget most of the dreams within a few hours after waking up. However, some dreams will stay with us for a long time. Lincoln often wrote down his dreams after he woke up, which is probably why he was so good at predicting future events.

Today we're going to take you down the rabbit hole of the meaning of dreams, an age-old conundrum we intend to get to the bottom of. We need to start with a few real-life cases of people who had recurring dreams, and there's no better place to start than Lincoln, a man who was obsessed with his dream life. He wasn't shy about telling others about it, either, even though his arguably superstitious fascination might have seemed below a man of such high intellectual standing. One recurring dream he told his cabinet about happened many times during the Civil War. He said that he often dreamed he was on a "singular and indescribable vessel" that was moving with great rapidity toward dark and indefinite shore. This meant great changes were afoot, but as you'll soon see, modern psychologists may have disagreed. It might sound crazy to us in 2023 that the President of the USA would tell his cabinet about his dream life, but in those days, people were fascinated by dreams. Sometimes a well-known person's dreams would appear in newspapers, as did Lincoln's many times. It was thought back then that dreams might be able to unlock doors to the future. That they might be portents, messages about what's going to happen.

People who often remember their dreams tend to have them four to six times a night. Dreams usually last ten to twenty minutes, but because these memories originate in the subconscious, they can seem much longer. One theory suggests that this is because the sleeping brain is at a lower temperature.

Lincoln was one of those people who often remembered his dreams. we all dream. If our brains were normal and we weren't taking certain medications that could affect our sleep patterns, we would probably dream 4-6 times a night. They usually last 10-20 minutes, but dreams can feel much longer because you don't use your logical thinking skills when dreaming. It's a theory. Others say it has to do with the lower brain temperature during sleep. Also, we are almost paralyzed while we sleep, which is a good thing because we cannot express with our muscles what is happening in our dreams. Some people are still paralyzed after waking up. It's a condition known as sleep paralysis, and it's very scary to hear the person next to you snoring and screaming and trying to move his arm. If you've experienced it, you know what "scary" means.

There are four stages of sleep, and each stage lasts about 90 minutes. It is during the rapid eye movement (REM) portion of the cycle. The most vivid dreams. The REM sleep stage lengthens as the night progresses. The relationship between Lem and dreams was not clearly defined until his 1953, long before Lincoln sailed the river. The dreams we remember are the dreams we have just before we wake up. But even if we remember them very vividly at first, we forget them as the days go by due to certain neurochemical conditions with which scientists don't always agree. But the big ones can stay with us forever. Lincoln wrote down his dreams after waking up, which was probably a very good idea, as we'll find out later in this show. Lincoln wasn't the only one who thought that his dream was more of a vision of the future. Dreams have always been considered prophetic. Alexander Hamilton Stevens, Confederate Vice President throughout the Civil War, said the same thing as Lincoln. He said he also saw the future during the late-night zzz rounds.

Now, some may be wondering if Lincoln went insane, but maybe his dreams taught him something, as I'll elaborate on in a moment. We can find many other stories of people feeling exactly what young Twain (Samuel) dreamed of. So it's no wonder he later joined the Society for Psychical Research. Twain was a very insightful and intelligent person, but he believed that dreams had magical powers. He once wrote: "I came with Halley's Comet in his 1835. We will be back next year so we plan to date. The Almighty has definitely said: "Now, here are two mysterious weirdos. They came in together. They have to go out together.' He died the day after Halley's Comet reached perihelion. That's what he did. It was a very good guess.

It's only natural that our dreams get stuck in a loop,

But in dreams, we try to get out of this impeller. Maybe in my dreams

We make a breakthrough. I think there are many people who woke up from a dream and felt the weight.

I was lifted from my back. You could say it was a fantastic dream. scientists admit that

Dreams heal. I don't know the exact reason. British scientists are also working on psilocybin research

Studies say his dreamlike journey in research helped people break out of a never-ending cycle.

From repeated negative thoughts. Maybe dreams are like that, people walk around trying

They give meaning to things and sometimes try to find a way out of difficulties.

However, we do not believe that there is anything.