Nightmare

Most of us vivid dreams every night. Infact sleep researchers say we dream every 60-90 mins (I'am not talking of day dreaming here - that happens all the time :-). But most of these dreams are forgotten. The only ones we remember are the ones that occur in the early mornings, just when we are about to wake up and the nightmares. Nightmares are our own in-house horror movie production units. Just like we have our favourite movies which we watch often, we also seem to have our favourite nightmares that we see every now and then.

The most frequent of my nightmares, is me getting ready for a Maths exam which is just a few days away and I have not prepared for it .. worse I do not even have the books that I need. I religiously watch this horror movie every couple of weeks. Once I woke up so shaken that I actually pulled out my marks sheet to assure myself that I have completed this paper many years ago and there is nothing to be afraid of :-)

But the important question here is whether my subconsious is trying to indicate
something to me. I made a feeble attempt once at reading The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud who is considered the father of modern psychology. This attempt ofcourse ended when I slept on the book. There is also the The Dreams Foundation which is doing active research into the science of dreams and providing interpretations into our most frequently occuring dreams and nightmares.

The most common belief among researchers is that dreams and nightmares are a mirror of innermost hopes, fears and that our subconsious is trying to tell us something through this medium. So henceforth my new topic of interest is studying of dreams and trying to make sense of what I see.
I'am sure this is something I will do in right earnest :-)

YAWN !! that its for now folks, I've an important research assignment to pursue .. bye .. ZZZZ