During our waking hours we encounter a multitude of stimuli, whether it is in the form of circumstances or sensory. Our mind responds to and stores data from our senses of smell, taste, sight, hearing and touch as well as events and surroundings we encounter. The information it uses may be from today, days gone by, or even days yet to come. Your minds eye then visually displays all this in a representation called a dream. Dreams are a way for our mind to use symbolic communication to ourselves.
Dreams can take many forms which are generally placed into categories.
We will explore the common and uncommon types of dreaming. Explanatory dreaming Explanatory dreaming is where your subconscious explores problems and situations in your life that need explained or resolved. Recurrent dreaming Recurrent dreams are where you have the same dream multiple times which might occur nightly, once a month or even farther apart. Nightmares Nightmares are a very vivid unpleasant and many times violent dream that usually awakens you. Past life dreams are vivid representations yet seem out of context to your current life.