
Your dreams push boundaries.
If you’ve ever woken up from a bizarre dream, you know that the imagination is at its most potent while we’re in sleep and in a dream state. Talking animals, flying cars, and architecture that defies physics — oh my! You can experience the resurrecting a loved one. Maybe you can go in the past and spend time with a friend. Basically, all things are possible in our dreams. And yet, scientists still haven’t been able to explain why our dreams are almost always strange, implausible, and out of this world, pushing the boundaries of what our imaginations are capable of creating.
Some theories explore the idea that dreams are an expanded state of consciousness beyond the limits of our usual linear thinking. This expanded realm helps loosen our normally constricted and rule-bound train of thought, allowing us to release our true thoughts and emotions. As our true selves are given free rein in our dreams, the control that our conscious brains impose is virtually non-existent, so while it is nice to have a fantastic dream or two, it’s not impossible to have the complete opposite and experience a creepy nightmare instead.