When it comes to dreams, there are all kinds of definition of this phenomenon derived from scientific and mythology findings. If I were to define dreams from its general perspective, I consider dreams to be how our minds cope with grief and cravings. I mean I have seen lot of individuals go through immense pain and they find themselves dreaming about a better tomorrow, something to give them hope to continue living and there is also cravings.
I remember those days as a kid, I have dreamt of being a superhero a couple of times, whenever I woke up and I realise I still don't have any superpowers, I feel disappointed but then not all dreams are pleasant, we also have nightmares. This is one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of watching horror movies because there is a high chance that I might dream about it.
There are some kind of dreams that feels so real that you might not be able tell the difference between your reality and dream. Have you ever been chased in a dream to the extent that when you woke up your leg feels numb? As if you actually experienced it in reality, that is how powerful the influence of dreams can be on our minds and body.
I have had different kinds of dreams and I have experienced these dreams manifest in reality in ways I never thought possible but it just happened. As much as we dream of things that are just fictional in nature, we also dream of things that mirrors the past, present and future, but the most tricky thing about dreams is that it is not everytime we remember what we dreamt about. There are times we wake up with no memories of the dreams we had.
So what if we could record our dreams? well this is going to be very tricky, thinking about it alone make it sound creepy. I mean, how do we begin with this? When we are dreaming, we are not conscious of what we are doing, which means there will be a device that will be programmed to do the recording on our behalf and we will be able to have access to it when we are awake. Though I would have said this is unnecessary but there are some dreams that are worth preserving, have you ever dreamt about a lost loved one, having to see them again and recording such dream could grant a person the closure they never had.
This write-up was inspired by week 44 episode 1- SciFi multiverse titled "A world where dreams can be recorded and replay" in SciFi multiverse community.
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