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Post by Bozur on Sept 11, 2008 22:55:24 GMT -5
Why women have the SCARIEST nightmares
dailymail.co.uk — Women experience far more terrifying nightmares than men, a study has found. Their dreams are also more intense and leave more of an impression when they wake up, scientists say. More… (Arts & Culture)
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Why women have the scariest nightmares
By David Derbyshire Last updated at 1:46 AM on 11th September 2008
Women experience far more terrifying nightmares than men, a study has found.
Their dreams are also more intense and leave more of an impression when they wake up, scientists say.
Psychologists say changes in a woman's body temperature - caused by her monthly cycle - are responsible for increasing the number of vivid and disturbing dreams. Not so sweet dreams: Women experience far scarier nightmares than men because of changes in their body temperature, according to a study
Not such sweet dreams: Women experience far scarier nightmares than men because of changes in their body temperature, according to a study
The findings came from a study of 170 volunteers at the University of the West of England.
'We found that women reported significantly more nightmares than men,' said Dr Jennie Parker, who carried out the study.
When asked to record their most recent dream, 19 per cent of male students reported having a nightmare compared to 30 per cent of women.
The study, due to be published in a journal, also found that women's dreams were more emotional.
Dr Parker believes that nightmares help the brain 'rehearse' distressing and disturbing events that one is likely to encounter in the future.
'One of the things that people do is put all these dreams under the umbrella term nightmares,' she said.
'But there are different types of nightmares and women report more of them.'
Her work has identified at least three distinct types of nightmare, all of which may allow the brain to rehearse its reaction to a distressing or dangerous situation.
One involves being chased or hunted. Another involves the loss of a parent, child or partner. The third involves weird and new environments.
Past studies have linked changes in body temperature with dreams.
A woman's temperature usually rises after ovulation - half way through the monthly cycle --and falls again just before a period starts.
Dr Parker said there was evidence linking dreams to temperature changes in the menstrual cycle.
'Women who are premenstrual tend to dream more aggressively, and they are also more likely to remember the dreams,' she said.
Some dream experts argue that women don't have more nightmares but are simply better at remembering and talking about them.
However, the study asked volunteers to record all their dreams upon waking.
'It does look like women are experiencing more nightmares,' Dr Parker added.
Dr Chris Idikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said there were significant differences in the way men and women dreamed.
'Women always remember dreams more than men,' he told the British Association science festival in Liverpool.
'They end up talking more about their mental life than men do so there's more ability to remember.'
Dreaming is part of the normal sleep pattern and happens every night, even for those who insist they don't dream.
Sleepers are most likely to remember nightmares and bad dreams if they wake up during them. www.dailymail.co.uk/
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Post by Teuta1975 on Sept 11, 2008 23:07:30 GMT -5
I think it is true. I dreamed of ufo-s once, as I was staring at this object from my balcony...and all of a sudden, something occurred to my mind: that if they knew I was looking at them, they would eliminated me...so I chose not to stare at them and went inside....but I knew I saw them...and I knew they knew I saw them, so there was no point of pretending I didn't see this object (which was white by the way and was flying near my home)...because I recon they had some other means of communication (telepathic) as to understand I saw them...and for some reasons, they didn't want to be seen...while I was so much distressed and thinking about it, my younger brother approached me and told me: don't worry, they won't touch you! I asked him to explain himself what he was talking about! And he told me that he knew what was going inside of my brain (same as they knew), but my brother was one of them and was in secret mission on Earth, therefore, because my family raised him as their member and took care of him, none of my family would be eliminated or would have any consequences from them when the time comes. That was also the reason I could see and detect them, and for the rest of the people they were invisible...lol...it is a dream I had 10 years ago, but it was so awful that I still remember it...and I am sharing it in this forum now...
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Post by rex362 on Oct 25, 2008 14:35:56 GMT -5
Why women have the SCARIEST nightmares
bcs Eve bit the apple
and besides nightmares an array of other things that makes a womans life harder ...
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Oct 25, 2008 22:12:51 GMT -5
Wow Teuta, That is one hell of a heavy dream to have I must say and for a person that was at younger age too. You remember watching anything very scary or perhaps otherworldly sort of speak before that (documentary on UFOs etc)?
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Post by SKORIC on Oct 26, 2008 6:46:49 GMT -5
I think it is true. I dreamed of ufo-s once, as I was staring at this object from my balcony...and all of a sudden, something occurred to my mind: that if they knew I was looking at them, they would eliminated me...so I chose not to stare at them and went inside....but I knew I saw them...and I knew they knew I saw them, so there was no point of pretending I didn't see this object (which was white by the way and was flying near my home)...because I recon they had some other means of communication (telepathic) as to understand I saw them...and for some reasons, they didn't want to be seen...while I was so much distressed and thinking about it, my younger brother approached me and told me: don't worry, they won't touch you! I asked him to explain himself what he was talking about! And he told me that he knew what was going inside of my brain (same as they knew), but my brother was one of them and was in secret mission on Earth, therefore, because my family raised him as their member and took care of him, none of my family would be eliminated or would have any consequences from them when the time comes. That was also the reason I could see and detect them, and for the rest of the people they were invisible...lol...it is a dream I had 10 years ago, but it was so awful that I still remember it...and I am sharing it in this forum now... Sorry that was me, one of my april fools pranks from back in the day. All you need is a flying bike with wings covered in foil and presto. You must have convinced yourself it was all a dream.
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