Are dreams related to sleeping position?

The sleeping postures vary from person to person. Lie down on your side, naturally there are some unexpected magical sleeping positions. So what is your sleeping position? Is the quality of sleep good? Do you often dream? In recent years, the latest sleep studies have shown that people's sleeping posture may affect the quality of sleep and dreams. If you ever just took a nap on the table and was awakened by a strange dream, it means that there may be a direct and close relationship with the way you sleep. In addition, scholars from the University of Hong Kong claim that the content of dreams depends on the sleeping posture. For example, some people like to lie on their stomachs when sleeping, so this kind of people are prone to nightmares. Therefore, your sleeping posture may be a factor in determining what kind of dreams you will have. What is going on, don’t worry, this will explain.

Sleeping posture and dreams

There are several sleeping positions we know, such as sleeping on the side, lying flat, lying on your stomach, and so on. Below we will analyze it according to the posture of falling asleep.

Lie flat. Many times we choose this sleeping position to sleep. Studies have shown that people who sleep on their back are more vulnerable in dreams or feel exposed, but people who sleep on their back have difficulty remembering themselves when they wake up. What kind of dreams have you had, this is not a bad thing. This is because people who sleep on their backs often dream about being late in the face of a major event or suddenly being naked in public.

Sleep on your side. Side sleep is divided into left and right sides. The direction of side sleep is different, and the dreams are also different. In an article published in a magazine, "Sleeping posture, dreams and sleep quality", researchers monitored the sleep quality and dreaming frequency of sixty-three subjects. The results show that people who sleep in the right sleeping position have more active and happier dreams than those who sleep in the left sleeping position. They are more likely to dream of beautiful things and rarely have nightmares. But in terms of sleep quality, people who sleep on the left side are better than those who sleep on the right side.

tilt. The inclined sleeping position often appears in the car. The dreams of people who sleep inclined are more vivid. The greater the angle of raising, the more awake. Realistic dreams make people feel unbelievable, a very strong sense of reality, and usually even after waking up, they will feel that they are real, suddenly unable to distinguish between dreams and reality, and still immersed in dreams.

Lying on your stomach. In a research conducted by a Ph.D. from Xiangshuren University, he concluded that people who sleep face down are more likely to have various love-related dreams. In another study, the doctor studied more than 670 admitted sleeping postures and dreams, and found that those who sleep on their faces have the most profound and interesting dreams. Most of them will be about love, aliens, inability to breathe, etc. Dreamland.

Personal personality will not have some influence on dreams, the main factor is sleep posture. Interestingly, many lucid dreamers claim that they are more prone to physical phenomena when they sleep on their side. At this time, they are particularly susceptible to being awakened, their thinking is very clear, their body is out of control, and they are in a half-dream and half-awake state. For example, I clearly know that I am running in a dream, but I can't run. In fact, this kind of dream is because the motor control system is our cerebellum, and the motor control and feedback regulation is blocked by the brainstem. The cerebellum sends a signal to make the legs move, but you are sleeping, so you should not move, so the brain stem prevents the movement instructions and prevents it from entering the spinal cord. Because the muscles and senses of the legs have not received instructions, they will naturally not give feedback to the cerebellum, so there will be such a phenomenon that they can't run in a dream.

In addition to the main sleeping posture factors that can affect the outside of dreams, there are many other reasons. We often say that "you have thoughts during the day and dreams at night" is not unreasonable. In addition, many times our dreams are actually slow motion dreams, which have also been confirmed in some experiments. Whether it is in a lucid dream or an ordinary dream, when a person completes the same activity, the time spent in the dream will be longer than in the reality. But not all dreams are slow. Some people's speed is faster, and some people's speed is normal. The reason for having such dreams is also related to the situation in your real life.

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