30 Interesting Dream Facts

Every human dreams. There are tons of people who can’t remember their dreams when they wake up, but they still get them

Human beings spend roughly around 6 years of their lifetime dreaming

Sometimes we dream outside of our REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)

Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians were the first to create adream dictionaryin 4000 B.C.E

We roughly spend around 1/3 of our lives sleeping

People who suffer from apersonalitydisorderlack dream activity

Our brains tend to be way more active when we sleep, than when we’re awake

Humans tend to have around 3 to 7 dreams a night. We dream around 2 to 3 hours in a whole night

90% of the dream is lost the first minute we wake up

Men tend to dream about men more than women, and women dream about people of both genders

Drug withdrawal can cause more intense dreams. People who also quit alcohol and smoking experience heavier dreams and nightmares

You can lucid dream for up to 30 minutes if trained properly

It’s impossible to dream when you’resnoring

Babies don’t dream of themselves until they reach the age of 3

More women than men experience deja-vu in their dreams (eg. you have been in the dream before)

People who experience Sleep Paralysis hear voices and see strangers in their rooms

Nightmares happen more to kids than adults

Blind people dream. Their dreams are auditory if they were born blind. If they became blind at an early age, they still dream of what they remember

Did you know around 100 000driversa year crash going in and out of sleep in their cars

Thousands of people suffer from sleep apnea in America

You can translate over 5000dream symbols

The word “Nightmare” was used a long time ago for a female spirit who besets people at night while sleeping

On average, dogs sleep around 10 to 13 hours a day

The colder your house is, the worseyour dreamsare. They say that if your room is at an averagetemperature, you have better sleeps

Your body burns more calories sleeping than it does in the day time

Information that we learn before we go to bed tends to stick with us longer than information any other time

On average, cats sleep 10 to 15 hours a day

If you avoid your sleep for more than 10 days, you will die

A giraffe sleeps for only 2 hours a day