We often tend to dream either when we are bored or when we are asleep. When we are bored, we tend to wail away the time because there is nothing interesting to do, but things get interesting when we are asleep. Because it is a normal fact that when we are asleep, the logical side of our brain is not activated. And that’s why when we dream, our dreams tend to be much more wilder than daydreaming. Because the logical front of our brain is responsible for taking things, filtering things out, which is irrelevant and nonsensical, you can say. But when they are deactivated, things get much more interesting. Dreams are wilder. For example, I had a dream where there was this big tsunami and our whole time got flooded. So me and my homies, my friends, got ourselves a boat and we were literally strolling through the roadways which were filled with water. And all of a sudden, the road splits into two and a volcano erupts from it. And within the volcano, there isn’t even any lava, except some lightning strikes come out, which was really, really interesting and stupid. Because in reality, it will never happen. In reality, you wouldn’t expect a zombie apocalypse to be happening right after a tsunami, correct? And that’s why dreams are always mysterious and they will always be mysterious because the logical side of our brain are always deactivated during our sleep.
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We often tend to dream either when we are bored or when we are asleep. When we are bored, we tend to while away the time because there is nothing interesting to do, but things get interesting when we are asleep. It is a normal fact that when we are asleep, the logical side of our brain is not activated. That's why when we dream, our dreams tend to be much wilder than daydreaming. The logical part of our brain is responsible for filtering out things that are irrelevant and nonsensical. But when it is deactivated, things get much more interesting. Dreams are wilder. For example, I had a dream where there was this big tsunami and our whole town got flooded. So my friends and I got ourselves a boat and we were literally strolling through the roadways filled with water. All of a sudden, the road splits into two and a volcano erupts from it. Within the volcano, there isn't even any lava; instead, some lightning strikes come out, which was really interesting and absurd. In reality, that would never happen. You wouldn't expect a zombie apocalypse to occur right after a tsunami, correct? That's why dreams are always mysterious, and they will always be mysterious because the logical side of our brain is deactivated during our sleep.
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