Question

1.give an example of sleep log that have already been created.
2. according to Amy Adkins in the video: "Why do we dream?" write what you know about this video.

Answer 1

Hello there,

Below is the example of a sample sleep log that has been created:

​​​​2. As per Amy Adkins in the video discussing the root causes of dream, we can fetch the following information:

• He believes that we dream to fulfil our wishes. This is in a direct connection with Sigmund Freud's studies on dreams, nightmare and daily life activities. Freud linked conscious to the subconscious mind and interpreted our dreams a response to our conscious activities.
• Dreams help in attaining better memories. Researches indicate that dreaming while sleeping help us in remembering things in a better manner. It also helps us in solving complex situations in comparison with people who don't dream much often.
• Adkins talks about how dreaming properly helps us in forgetting things. The neurobiological theory of dreaming or, the reverse sleeping enables the neuro cortex review the neural connections and drops the unnecessary ones, thus helps in forgetting.
• The continual activation theory supports the base that our dreams help our brain to work better and enhance it's efficiency and effectiveness.
• We dream to rehearse, says the Primitive instincts rehearsal theory. We strengthen our fight, love and reproductive instincts in order to sharpen them, says Amy.
• Our dreams facilitate us in a continual healing process. People who dream frequently feel fresh, heal on a quicker pace eliminating all their psychological stress and burden off their subconscious stage. It is found that people who have mood disorders report of not having frequent dreams.
• Amy believes that our dreams help us to solve various problems as the brain constructs limitless scenarios to try various solutions to a problem that we don't consider while awake.

Thanks for Asking,