nightmare ( Archived) (4)

Your mind is like an iceberg the conscious part is only the tip of it. The unconscious part works in a different symbolic way, this is why the conscious part finds it so difficult to understand sometimes. The intuitive part of your mind in active in some dream states, this is why you can solve some problems while asleep.

REM sleep, although we are not conscious, the brain is very active - often more so than when we are awake. This is the period when most dreams occur. Our eyes dart around (hence the name), our breathing rate and blood pressure rise. However, our bodies are effectively paralysed, said to be nature's way of preventing us from acting out our dreams.

After REM sleep, the whole cycle begins again.