2. Nolan Siegel
th,
February 7
2014
Period 8
Science

3. What are dreams?
Dictionary.com
Wikipedia

4. Different Types of Dreams
Daydreams
False Awakening Dreams
Lucid Dreams
Nightmares
Recurring Dreams
Healing Dreams
Prophetic Dreams
Signal Dreams
Epic Dreams
Mutual Dreams
Progressive Dreams

5. Daydreams
• Classified as a level of consciousness between being
asleep and awake
• Scientifically proven that we daydream, on average,
between 70 and 120 minutes per day
• Sometimes overlooked as wandering thoughts
• Occur while we are awake
 When we let our imaginations take us away and we “lose
ourselves in our fantasies”
• Content inside daydreams are helpful to the
understanding of your goals and true feelings
• If you daydream failure, then it (failure) is more likely to
happen
• If you daydream success, then it (success) is more likely to
happen

6. False-Awakening Dream
• Has anyone in here ever woken up, gotten
ready for school, left home for school, and
then woken up again, this time for real? What
do you think this type of dream is called?
• When you dream that you wake up and get
your morning started and then wake up again
for real

7. Lucid Dreams
• Lucid dreams occur when you realize that
you are dreaming.
• Dreamers have come up with ways to
remain in their lucid dreams. They then
proceed to control them, making what
ever they want happen.
• ½ of all adults claim to have had a lucid
dream.
• Flying is associated with lucid dreaming.

8. Benefits of Lucid Dreaming
• Inside a lucid dream (if you are controlling it),
you can confront any threats you have,
becoming self-confident.
• When you lucid dream, you can practice for a
game, rehearse for a speech, fulfill your
fantasies, or even solve a problem from your
waking life.
Brain activity during a lucid dream and real life are
the same, so doing any of the above is just like
doing it when you are awake.

9. Nightmares
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A disturbing dream
After, you wake up frightened
Can be responsible to real life trauma
Fall under a category of PSN (Post-Traumatic
Stress Nightmare)
• Also occur because you have chosen to ignore a
certain life situation
• People who have a family history of psychiatric
problems, are involved in bad relationships, or
have done drugs get these.

10. We’ve covered a
lot of information;
are there any
questions?

11. Recurring Dreams
• Repeating dreams
• Most often scary but can be positive
• Occur because of a conflict in your life
Once you solve the conflict, the dream will
disappear
• Can occur daily, once a week, or once a month
• Is there lots of change/ Medium Change/ Little
change/ Little to No Change/ No change in a
recurring dream?

12. Recurring Dreams
• Repeating dreams
• Most often scary but can be positive
• Occur because of a conflict in your life
Once you solve the conflict, the dream will
disappear
• Can occur daily, once a week, or once a month
• Is there
Little to No Change
in a
recurring dream?

13. Healing Dreams
• Serve as messages for dreamer in regards to his/ her
health
• Ancient Greeks called Healing Dreams “Prodromic”
• Many dream experts think that if you believe these
dreams, you can avoid possible health problems
• Scientifically proven that asthma and migraine victims
have certain types of dreams before an attack
• Human bodies can communicate with our minds
through dreams
 The dreams can point out that something is off before any
physical symptoms show up
• If we learn to understand healing dreams, then we will
always have an early-warning system

14. Prophetic Dreams
• Dreams that tell the future

15. Prophetic Dreams
• Dreams that tell the future
• I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD PICK RAINBOW!
• One theory of this is that human minds piece
together facts (that we may overlook while we
are awake) and figure out how they relate
together and what their outcome will be

16. Types of Prophetic Dreams
• Apparitions: the dead appear to deliver messages
• Clairaudient Dreams: hearing voices/ sounds that appear from
no where and deliver important messages
• Clairvoyant Dreams: when you dream something happening
at that very moment
• Empathic Dreams: when you are moved by an event in your
dream, but you don’t know why
• Shared Dreams: when you and someone close to you have the
same dream on the same night
• Telepathic Dreams: involve a message being sent via the
dream realm
• Warning Dreams: dreams that warn of something bad
happening to you in the future

17. Signal Dreams
• Dreams that help you in solving problems or
making decisions in your waking life

18. Epic Dreams
• Dreams that are so compelling, vivid, and/or
huge that you can’t ignore them
• Details of dream remain with you for years
• Possess much beauty
• When you wake up, you feel like you have
discovered something amazing about yourself
or the world

19. How to Recognize an Epic Dream
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2)
3)
4)
The dream brings you greater awareness.
The dream makes you look at life differently.
The dream invokes strong emotions.
The dream is extremely vivid and
memorable; you cannot stop thinking about
it.
5) You are filled with awe once you wake up.
6) The dream remains with you for years like
you dreamed it “last night.”

20. Mutual Dreams
• Two people having the same dream
• Can be planned
The two people work toward having one dream
scenario or goal
• A way to improve communication and build
trust
• Can be spontaneous
• Strong bond exists between the people who
have a mutual dream

21. Progressive Dreams
• Dreams that are a sequence that continue
over a period of nights
• Dream continues where you left off the
previous night
• Problem solving dreams
• Help to explore different options and various
approaches to a problem, relationship, or
situation

22. We’ve covered a
lot of information;
are there any
questions?

24. Part 1 Scenario
You are all aspiring dream interpreters.
You are currently in dream college.
It is the day of your final for the year. Your
professor has decided not to give you a test;
instead he decided to give you a teamwork/
dream exercise…
A SCAVENGER HUNT!

25. Teams
Each table is its own team:
Table One- Team One
Table Two- Team Two
Table Three- Team Three
Table Four- Team Four
Table Five- Team Five
Table Six- Team Six

26. Area

27. Procedure
1) You will all be given brochures with
information about dreams, but some of it will
be missing.
2) You must go outside with your team and fill
in the missing information.
3) The first team in here wins!

28. Making it More Complicated
• There can only be one group at each piece of paper.
• You must be at a station at all times (except when
you are walking to another one) or you are
disqualified.
• NO ONE may split from the group. If someone
does, the whole group is disqualified. I will be
watching, so don’t cheat.
Once a group finishes and gets approved by me, they
will also be walking around making sure that everyone is
being fair. Once another group finishes, we are done and
will come back in here to check answers.
• Ready, Set, GO!!!

29. Part 2 Scenario
You passed your exam! Congratulations!
You are now world famous dream interpreters
for musicians. You love what you do, and dream
interpreting is your life’s work. You are faced
with two cases one day. Here they are…

30. Case 1
Eddy Van Halen (member of “Van Halen”)
comes into your office. He tells you that he had
the most peculiar dream: flying with the Blue
Angels (a group of professional pilots that put
on shows for people). He and his band, “Van
Halen,” made a song and video about it. He asks
if he can show you the video, and then asks you
to tell him everything you know about his
dream.

32. Case 2
Zachary Barnett (the lead singer of “American Authors”) walks
into your office right as Eddy Van Halen leaves. He asks you if you’ve
heard his newest song, “The Best Day of My Life.” You say,
“Yes, I have. What about it?” He replies,
“I based it off of a dream I had. This is what occurred:”
I had a dream so big and loud;
I jumped so high I touched the clouds.
Wo-o-o-o-o-oh.
What type of dream is this?
Who knows why?
What else could it be? Why?