Are dreams mysterious portals to the subconscious mind or simply neurological trash?

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Joe · Accepted Answer

I'm more pragmatic, pretty sure it's just trash and neuroplasticity forming new paths and cleaing out, etc.

Adrian · Answer

mysterious portals might be too much of an exaggeration. but like do you not notice that sometimes it is trash and sometimes it isn't? sometimes when it's muddles between the two its up to you to discern i guess

Braxton · Answer

From what I remember, dreams are your brains way of processing information throughout the day. The random scenarios are actually said to be brought on by your Brain using what it learned, and practicing it. If you were lonley and sad, you might dream of another person. If you had a long and stressful day, you might have a very chaotic dream

Papaleo868 · Answer

Both.

B, call me. or (brandon) · Answer

so for the people that dont understand how energy works...energy can only be transferred...so this question is great because Everybody has a theory...i perfer to use patterns...its both. ive seen the future in my dreams. i know what ur all thinking reading this...no im talkin about ive seen places before ive been there and can remember when i dreamed the experience...Edgar Cayce would be the place i would say seek info on.  as for the trash? sure sometimes the mind get to stress and it manifest itself in your dreams. this then opens the door to what happens in death ... now your goin down a rabbit hole only few have seen. yes its exactly like how the people say it is.

Noah Kuschel · Answer

Both

Ash · Answer

I guess our answer will maybe be partially based on our individual experience.

For me its closer to neurological trash for the following reasons.

I rarely remember a dream, if i wasnt told we dream even if we cant remember them i wouldnt even think i did most of the time. When i do dream, and i can cause myself to dream it correlates to these two things, 1. I am imagining when i fall asleep so the creation of images continues coz it was instigated, and 2. If i put a podcast or show on and go to sleep my dream will be related to what is being said as in the characters and environments will be all made up but what they say is very close if not verbatum to the whats being said in the podcast or movie.

This says to me my brain is probably just making relevance and coherence in dreams either to the signals in it (podcasts) or the already produced storyline using whats happened or happening to inform the next step

Personally i dont like dreaming, not because it isnt super cool but because i never feel like ive slept as well when i know ive had a dream.

Between not really telling me anything new or special or relevant to real life, disrupting peaceful sleep processes and being only a continuation of a process thats already started it just seems like the brain is trying to keep active the image generating aspects of the brain reinforcing neuronal activity as to prevent decay or loss of pathways. It may be healthy as i know there are people who claim to think in images rather than words but i dont so its kinda useless to me in that respect

Victoria · Answer

In my opinon it's not just trash. The fact that the the brain can create novel fictional content during dreams suggests that there's more to dreaming than just random neural activity. Some of it is likely irrelevant, though I think it's doing more than just "cleaning house". As to what? I honestly don't know. Though I do keep a dream journal. Mostly because I want to use them as potential inspiration for a video game, app games, short stories etc.

Deuce · Answer

IMO, I wouldn't call them portals. In all my life and all the dreams I've had, I noticed certain patterns. Long story short, I've heard that we astral project when we sleep at night and our dreams are us going on various adventures in the Astral realm. I'm subscribed to this idea based on the nature of my dreams, so this is just my experience and a thought experiment for anyone open to exploring it.

Heather · Answer

Why not both? I think it can be our connection to our consciousness outside of our physical existence. It can also be our way of cleaning the stress of being a physical being. Maybe sometimes it's just "cleaning" and other times it's "connecting" instead.

Trex · Answer

I said this a few years ago to someone, but I believe depending on how open your subconscious is, it can open paths to messages, communication, future events, and even different realms. Not everyone has the gift of having and remembering dreams.

Rafael · Answer

I believe dreams are a way for your mind to make some sense to the things that go on around you. And quite possibly influence your choices on things on your mind. 🤷🏽‍♂️Imo though

Are dreams mysterious portals to the subconscious mind or simply neurological trash?

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I'm more pragmatic, pretty sure it's just trash and neuroplasticity forming new paths and cleaing out, etc.

mysterious portals might be too much of an exaggeration. but like do you not notice that sometimes it is trash and sometimes it isn't? sometimes when it's muddles between the two its up to you to discern i guess

Both.

Both

Why not both? I think it can be our connection to our consciousness outside of our physical existence. It can also be our way of cleaning the stress of being a physical being. Maybe sometimes it's just "cleaning" and other times it's "connecting" instead.

I said this a few years ago to someone, but I believe depending on how open your subconscious is, it can open paths to messages, communication, future events, and even different realms. Not everyone has the gift of having and remembering dreams.

I believe dreams are a way for your mind to make some sense to the things that go on around you. And quite possibly influence your choices on things on your mind. 🤷🏽‍♂️Imo though

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