Causes of multiple dreams

Some people have experienced dreams within dreams, most of which are double dreams. Very few people experience triple or seven dreams. The complexity of dreams is like the stars in the sky. Scientific research shows that the essence of multiple dreams may be parallel dreams. The multiple dreams in movies may not be far from us in reality. Here is a psychological explanation for multiple dreams. I hope this can provide some clarity and scientific knowledge to people who often dream.

The second dream

Modern psychology believes that the first level of dreaming is the easiest for the brain to recognize. When we realize that we are dreaming in a dream, we try to wake up from the dream, but find that we are still in the dream. This is the second level of dreaming. Most of the time, we will return to reality from the second level of dreams, because it is generally believed that the first and second levels of dreams will not have too much intersection with reality and will not give us a sense of reality. In other words, it is not easy for us to get lost. The third level of dreaming begins as a parallel dream, and the essence of the dream changes from internal and external inclusion to parallelism. Casey Affleck, a psychologist who studies dreams, believes that so-called multiple dreams are nothing more than the switching of dreams, just like a computer playing several movies at the same time, parallel to each other, and essentially there is no distinction between inside and outside.

Contradiction is the only way out of the third dream

The working mode of the human brain is to simplify events, so dreams with more than three layers are difficult to identify. However, there is still a way to escape from them. That is, when dreams conflict with reality, our brain will have a clear judgment. Let's make an assumption. You dream that you are lying on the bed with your body soaked in water. You feel very comfortable. However, you will find a set of contradictions. It is obvious that sleeping in bed and lying in water cannot be achieved at the same time. Then you realize the existence of the dream. You try to wake up and find that you are indeed lying on the bed, but there is no water on the ground and the bed is dry. You cannot explain the origin of the soaking feeling. You will try to wake up again, and this time you are indeed back to reality. This is the feeling that an ordinary triple dream brings to people. Contradiction may be a way to escape.

nightmare

We usually think that nightmares are negative psychological phenomena caused by stress, but data shows that people who often experience triple dreams also experience nightmares frequently. It usually happens when you are in a bed-pressing state. At this time, you will only feel your body is heavy and lose your vision for a short time. The moment you regain your vision, you will feel like falling to the ground, breaking out in a cold sweat, and finding that you are still in a dream. In fact, you have already lost control of your body. You want to return to reality, but you are powerless. In fact, it has been scientifically established that multiple dreams increase the sense of reality.

Dream Diary

We generally believe that it is impossible to completely control dreams. In 2014, Japanese scientist Hiroki Mimura proposed a new idea - dream diary. He believed that consciousness can influence dreams and find patterns in dreams. We first need to record our dreams, record them before the memory of the dreams disappears, hypothesize dreams, describe the content of our imaginary dreams, review dreams, and repeatedly read our records before going to sleep to form memories. Eventually you'll find that your dreams become your diary, but there's not enough evidence to show that keeping a dream diary is actually possible.

It's hard to wake up from a dream within a dream

Studies have found that when people truly enter a dream within a dream, the function of the thalamus is actually continuously suppressed. At this time, people can easily get lost and be controlled by dreams. You can no longer distinguish between dreams and reality. You feel like you are dreaming, and you realize that you are facing danger, but you cannot escape. This feeling is equivalent to death. American psychologists once studied 150 people who had near-death experiences, including some who experienced dreams within dreams. Their descriptions of terrifying dreams that were difficult to escape were basically the same. After seeing this, are you afraid of dreaming?

Humans are currently unable to freely enter and exit multiple dreams, and dreams within dreams are an experience only a few people can experience. The risks that multiple dreams may bring are unpredictable, so let's just dream without worry.