Why do we dream? Are they instructions from the spiritual world or just deep, hidden wishes that can be used to unlock the secrets of the unconscious mind? Nobody knows for sure. One theory that is believed of today is that dreams result from the physiological "exercise" of the synapses of the brain. There is no proven fact on why we dream, which is why there are so many theories on the topic. There are theories such as: dreams carry our hidden desires, dreams carry meaning, although not always of desire, and that the dreamer can interpret these dreams. After these theories, others continued such as the theory in that dreams are our bodies means of building up of the mental, spiritual and physical well being, or dreaming is our bodies way of storing the vast array of information gained during the day. Whichever theory is true, we may never know, but from these following theories we can decide for ourselves what we believe to be true and further help us into understanding our dreams.
             My own personal theory on why we dream is that the subconscious mind is always working. This results in dreams. The subconscious mind in an attempt to file away all of the information from the previous day results in dreams. A dream in my opinion is nothing more than a chemical reaction in the brain. I did a speech in class at Lakeland High School, and I learned a lot about the subject to support my own theory. In laboratory tests, when people were awaked during the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep and asked to report what was on their mind just before awaking, about 90% reported an experience termed true dream. When a true dream is experienced is seems as if it were an actual event rather than one thought or imagined. True dreams often involve a series of such experiences woven together in a bizarre story. Even those people who claimed to rarely dream or only remember fragments of dreams in the mornings were able to give detailed accounts of...