Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
—Oneiromancy—the idea you can foretell the future in dreams—doesn’t work, and you shouldn’t ever trust it. Foretelling the future through dreams isn’t accurate enough. It will lead you down the wrong road and have you making foolish decisions. Doubt this? Look at the record for prophets foretelling the end of the world. Lots of predicting…
Everyone everywhere has to sleep: rich, poor, young, old, tall, and short. Since charities help people of all types, many will take your used mattresses, bed, or other furniture donation. A low-cost or free mattress or bed can help someone of modest means stretch their dollar. Or it can help a homeless shelter or another…
Flu season is raging. This year it’s type A, at least in Arizona where I work full-time in an emergency department. Whether type A, type B, COVID, or the plain old common cold, homemade chicken soup is good for recovering from sickness. It’s one of the foods that fight viral infections. Just like sleep, chicken…
There’s a lot of talk on parent’s groups online and among experts about the benefits of weighted stuffed animals. If you have a child with a sensory processing disorder, autism, or ADHD, having a weighted stuffed animal tucked in with them in bed at night can help them sleep better. These special stuffed animals are…
They say the easiest way to tell an alligator from a crocodile is to look at the teeth. An alligator will have the top teeth visible when their mouths are closed, and a crocodile will have the bottom teeth visible. Now was it an alligator or crocodile in your dream? If you’re still not…
Interpret the dream, and you’ll understand if it has a spiritual meaning. Put away the dream dictionaries, close the browser window with the dream interpretation website, and forget about sending that e-mail to a psychic to help you get at the meaning of that weird dream. None of those methods work well, even if the…
There are dreams, and then there are DREAMS!! Some dreams are dim and poorly remembered; others are very vivid. When a dream is vivid, it feels like it’s happening in real-time. While events in the dream aren’t always realistic, vividness makes them feel very real. When they feel real, it can be unsettling. Where do…
If you’ve tried and still found that you have difficulty keeping a dream journal, try subliminal conditioning. Subliminal recordings play motivating phrases at a low sound level for the conscious mind to perceive. What this means is that you won’t hear the phrases consciously. Instead, you’ll listen to them subconsciously. The “Remember Dreams” subliminal audiotape…
Many different kinds of restaurants serve fast food: burger places, pizza places, chicken sandwich places and so on. All of them mean other things to different people. For some, a fast-food restaurant is their favorite place for a quick meal. For others, it’s a lively place to get together with their friends or family. Then…
Some people would want to resist learning what a dream about their ex might mean. They’d be afraid it would mean they subconsciously wanted to get back together with them. If that’s the case, there’s no way. I’ve been through all that before, and I’m not looking back. If that’s the only partner available,…