Dreams and Sleep

1. Dreams and Sleep Understanding our Dreams through our Sleep Kaitlyn McClung

2. What are Dreams? • A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep • An aspiration; goal; aim • A vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream • A wild or vain fancy • Something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence Kaitlyn McClung

3. Types of Sleep • NREM or Non-REM – Non Rapid Eye Movement • REM – Rapid Eye Movement Kaitlyn McClung

4. Stages Kaitlyn McClung

5. Non Rapid Eye Movement • 3 stages: N1, N2, and N3 • Little Dreaming Kaitlyn McClung

6. Non Rapid Eye Movement • Stage N1 • Alpha waves to theta waves • Somnolence or drowsy sleep • Loss of some muscle tone • Loss of most conscious awareness Kaitlyn McClung

7. Non Rapid Eye Movement • Stage N2 • Sleep spindles and K-complexes • Muscle activity measured by EMG decreases • Conscious awareness disappears • 45% to 55% total sleep Kaitlyn McClung

8. Non Rapid Eye Movement • Stage N3 • Deep or slow wave sleep • Minimum of 20% delta waves • Parasomnias – night terrors, bedwetting, sleepwalking, and sleep-talking Kaitlyn McClung

9. Rapid Eye Movement • 20% to 25% of total sleep time • Low voltage EEG • Dreaming • Descending muscular atonia • Paralysis may be necessary Kaitlyn McClung

10. Sleep We Need Kaitlyn McClung

11. Types of Dreams • Lucid dreams • Daydreams • Normal Dreams • False Awakenings • Psychic Dreams • Nightmares Kaitlyn McClung

12. Psychic Dreams Normal Dreaming Types of Dreams Lucid Dreams Daydreaming Night mares Kaitlyn McClung

13. Interpretation • Giving meaning • Ancient societies • Supernatural communication • Divine intervention Kaitlyn McClung

14. Sites to Assist Further Learning Wikipedia- - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_interpretation Types of Dreams- -http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/types-of-dreams.html Kaitlyn McClung

15. Please Me! Dream of ANYTHING Kaitlyn McClung