Student’s name:

Jordan Velásquez Deza

Cycle:

VIII

Schedule:

5:30-7:05

Teacher’s name:

Carola Cari Gálvez

AREQUIPA, JUNE 2010

DREAMS

From Greece , d reams have been symbol ized by Hypnos the god of d reams and h i s b ro thers Thana tos (Dea th) and

Moiras (Des t iny) they were Nix’s ch i ld ren (Nigh t ) , so tha t an an t iqu i ty l egend sa id tha t when we s leep , Dea th wants to t ake our sou l bu t Des t iny p reven t s i t f igh t ing , the re fore in our d reams we can see one par t o f our des t iny and one par t o f our dea th .

However in our days when we h i t the sack because we a re a l l in , the d ream i s jus t a s t a te o f un i fo rm res t o f an o rgan i sm, on the con t ra ry o f the v ig i l s t a te and i s fea tu red by low leve l s o f phys io log ica l ac t iv i ty .

Dream i s an invo lun ta ry menta l p rocess in o rder to re formula te the in format ion s to red in our memory bes ides i t submerges us in a v i r tua l r ea l i ty which cons i s t s o f images , sounds , thoughts and sensa t ions

In accordance wi th S igmund Freud , in our d reams we represen t the fu l f i l lment o f our wishes , even in n igh tmares .

There a re nega t ive d reams of wishes , where our wishes a re no t fu l f i l l ed , th i s i s maybe fo r a masoch is t i c t endency .

But accord ing Freud every d ream and dreamer a re d i f fe ren t .

Af te r we h i t the sack or t ake a fo r ty winks once in a whi le we dream, bu t i t does no t happen once , we dream in average 4 to 5 t imes and when we wake up , we jus t r emember the l a s t d ream. In the moment tha t we dream, our eyes a re moved a lo t , tha t i s ca l l ed REM (Rapid Eye Movement ) and our b ra in has the same ac t iv i ty than when we a re awake .

Once in a b lue moon we can have a luc id d ream where the pe rson i s consc ious tha t i s d reaming , th i s happen in REM, and the pe rson can con t ro l he r d reams and make her wishes , t r ips to the space and in t ime , to f ly , to change her fo rm, wha tever the pe rson wants , they a re ca l l ed One i ronau t .

On the o the r hand somet imes we have n igh tmares too in the d ream REM, un t i l XVII I cen tury , peop le thought tha t th i s happened fo r mons te r ’ s deed , they go t on the i r v ic t ims’ ches t and took the i r b rea the away; bu t today in va in we would be l i eve in those s to r ies , we cou ld say “ i t ’ s a ch i ld ’ s p lay” …. .Couldn’ t we?

There i s someth ing ca l l ed “S leep para lys i s” where the pe rson fee l s tha t i s a l ready awaked bu t can no t move her body , even her f ingers , can no t b rea the and then the pe rson fee l s tha t someth ing sh iny and h igh s ta r t s to come s lowly , and ge t s on her ches t , the pe rson rea l i zes tha t th i s i s a wi tch , who presses he r windpipe , the pe rson f igh t fo r he r l i f e bu t the wi tch’s we igh t i s inc red ib le , the pe rson fo l lows f igh t ing and when fee l s tha t can no t more , the pe rson i s awake , i t was jus t a d ream.

This happen because normal ly the b ra in and the body awake wi th a l i t t l e d i f fe rence o f t ime , bu t once in a b lue moon i t happens

Some people assoc ia ted th i s wi th an a l i en k idnapping , be fore the peop le assoc ia ted th i s wi th wi tches , l ike the l a s t s to ry , o the r wi th ghos t s and demons , depending of the cu l tu re o f the pe rson who dreamt .

In our days , our sc ien t i s t s a lmos t have the de f in i t ive answer . Al though i t would be in te res t ing tha t these s to r ies be rea l , bu t now we can s leep in ca lm because these s to r ies a re jus t d reams .

CONCLUSIONS:

A Dream i s an opened doo r o f ou r m inds , i t t e aches u s who r ea l l y we a r e .

A Dream un i f i e s body , m ind and sou l .

We need d r eams fo r a no rma l and hea l t hy l i f e

SUGGESTIONS:

We mus t l e t ou r d r eams ne i t he r l e ad no r s ca r e u s .

We mus t a ccep t ou r d r eams l i ke pa r t o f t he l i f e

We mus t t r y t o have more l uc id d r eams .