desynchronized, sleep), or REM-sleep (rapid-eye-movement sleep), occurs regularly during the sleep period and is characterized by activation of the
             the autonomic nervous system, rapid eye movements, and frequent dream reports. Typically, a person has four or five periods of D-sleep during the night, whether the dreams are remembered often, rarely, or not at all; they occur at intervals of about 90 minutes and altogether account for about 25 percent of the night's sleep (as much as 50 percent in a newborn child (Foulkes, 25)). Evidence indicates that a dream period usually lasts from 5 to 20 minutes (Piotrowski, 49).
             There are three pure types of dreams that come while in the REM stage: subjective, physical, and spiritual (Miller, 20). These all relate to the past, present, and future and are influenced by past subjective, physical, and spiritual causes. Subjective dreams are always really predictive, especially when it leaves a vivid impression on the conscious mind. These types of dreams can also produce warnings, hidden symbols, or metaphors. These dreams happen because the dependent mental pictures of the past are constantly falling upon the conscious mind of the dreamer (Miller, 22).
             Physical dreams are more or less unimportant. They usually occur because of an anxious mind, and when this happens, they have no predictive significance (Miller 21). Also, dreams that are induced by opiates, fevers, mesmerism, and ill health come under thi
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