How are dreams so realistic?

Question

Okay I often have realistic dreams about guys I like/liked. Last night I had a long dream about this guy, who I thought I would get over because I didn't think he liked me anymore. And once I dreamt about a guy I liked about going out, and then we went out. I've also had a dream about an ex saying I love you to me, and we were crying. I picture their faces so clearly, it's cool but I'm just curious how.

Answer 1

It is mentality

Answer 2

The parts of your brain used for experiencing the world are active during different stages of sleep.  So when your auditory and visual cortex are active you HEAR and SEE things just as you do in real life.  Just like when using LSD, your brain cannot differentiate stimuli when it is occurring in the brain.  Even schizos when they claim to hear voices show auditory cortex activity....  And realistic is a relative term, my dreams are generally nonsensical FUBAR nightmares, they rarely make sense.  I think you are lucky in your dreams, dont knock em.

Answer 3

I heard something about dreams the other day that interested me because I often have dreams I don't lilke.  They said if you go to bed and think of something really hard and use your mind to image, then chances are you will dream that thing. Dreams often mean something else, yours is a lack of self confidence, you think you need a boydfriend to make you whole but you are unsure because the truth is you are better off alone for a few years so you can enjoy your girlfriends, be free and earn a career and travel (if you want).

Answer 4

Are you on meds? my doc put me on prozac for my pms and the prozac made my dreams soo vivid. sometimes drugs that effect the seratonin in your brain cause you to have vivid dreams...

i flushed em cuz i couldn't take the nightmares.

Answer 5

Hey, dreams are based on reality so what we do in the day is processed at night that's why little babies always wriggle in their sleep! lol you dreaming about these guys according to the Freudian view is because you subconscious is trying to tell you something. you dreaming about the ex is just your way of letting go you remember detailed faces because he meant something to you- its you subconscious letting go and saying goodbye slowly.

Answer 6

you ever feel like a creator in dream world. Think about your brain creates what you see and hear. Like being a producer of making your dreams to fit your brains desires and destinies.

Answer 7

Dreams are realistic because it is pictured mentaly. That is how powerful our mind is.