Fact Box

Dream facts:

1-     One third of your life is spent sleeping.   2-     In an average lifetime, you would have spent about six years dreaming.  That is more than 2,100 days spent sleeping.      3-     Dreams have been here as long as man kind.  Back in the Roman Era, striking and significant dreams were submitted to the senate for analysis and interpretation. 4-Everybody has dreams.  Just because you don't remember them, doesn't mean you do not dream. 5- Dreams are indispensable.    A lack of dream activity can mean protein deficiency or a personality disorder. 6- We are on an average of one or two hours every night and we often have 4-7 dreams in one night. 7- Five minutes after the end of a dream, half of the content is forgotten.   Ten minutes after your dream is over, you forget 90% of it. 8- Studies have shown that when we are dreaming, our brain waves are more active that when we are awake. 9.     People who are giving up smoking have longer and more intense dreams. 10.     Toddlers don't dream about themselves.  They do not appear in their own dreams until the age of 3 or 4. 11.      Nightmares are common in children beginning around the age of 3 and occurring up till age 7-8. 12.       67 % of Americans have experienced DÈj? Vu in their dreams.  Females have experienced this more that males.   +