Scientists may still debate the meaning and purpose of dreams, but we ordinary dreamers seem to have an insatiable desire to parse the who, what and why of what happens when we doze off. It’s hard not ...

Why do we dream? Are there any hidden or underlying messages in our dreams? Do all people think about dreams in the same way? How does our culture affect the way we talk about dreams? Najuma Abadir, ...

Have spiders been appearing in your dreams lately? Like other animals, including snakes and frogs, spiders have a specific meaning when they appear in dreams. As general dream symbols, spiders may ...

Have you ever fell asleep and had a dream involving a crush, an ex, or that random coworker from five years ago? Waking up and realizing it is such a weird feeling, especially when you can't really ...

You've probably had this jarring experience. You're in a dream, and then you wake up with a sudden rush. Your fall in a dream world has brought you abruptly back to consciousness. Falling in dreams is ...

You might have someone toxic slipping under the radar in your life.

At one time or another, we've all had one of those really realistic dreams - so vivid, in fact - that you wake up thinking it actually happened. From classic ones like flying, taking a tumble down the ...

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From dreams of slithering snakes to falling teeth, our nighttime highlight reel isn't always pleasant. But of all the types of dreams out there, one category can be the most disturbing: Dreams of ...