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Why do we dream? - Amy Adkins

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In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on wax tablets. In the years since, we haven't paused in our quest to understand why we dream. And while we still don’t have any definitive answers, we have some theories. Amy Adkins reveals the top seven reasons why we might dream.

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Well something as common as the dream has so many meanings in itself, since antiquity has been a subject of stir since antiquity, since this used to think it is a premonition or something that could happen in the future, others suggest that it could be an alternate reality, where you can sleep and travel, but it is complicated to give an answer for it, given that if we see everything from different sides we can give an answer, but each one is a truth, given that it demonstrates our instincts and desires, sleep has different benefits for the human being to be healthy and learn in a better way, given that it has several functions with a special characteristic.

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