Dreams offer insight, psychic potential and hidden messages. If you can bring conscious meaning to your dream life by paying attention to the messages they deliver and learn how to understand the symbolism behind them, you'll have a powerful tool to help you find guidance and resolve past or present problems. Dreams as Fortune-Tellers Belief in the predictive nature of dreams has been a common thread throughout history. But our dreams can alert us to new developments in our psyche, which only later will become apparent. That is not the question.
All mammals dream.
You may not remember your dreams or doubt you dreamt at all, but that's because you literally slept right through them. People deprived of sleep have a significant increase in dream activity once they're allowed to sleep as long as they like. This is called a REM-rebound effect and proves that our dream life is indeed vital to our health. Our dreams serve as gateways to our unconscious, but few understand the symbolic language and metaphoric images of dreams well enough to unravel the important messages they impart. The scenes, images and symbols of our dreams express the feelings, attitudes and beliefs that we hold about ourselves.