Why do we dream?
Zašto sanjamo?
[Sleeping with Science]
[Spavanje sa naukom]
Well, we dream for at least several different reasons. One key benefit is creativity. Sleep, including dream sleep, is associated with an enhanced ability to solve next-day problems. It's almost as though we go to sleep with the pieces of the jigsaw, but we wake up with the puzzle complete.
Sanjamo iz bar nekoliko različitih razloga. Jedna ključna dobrobit je kreativnost. Spavanje, uključujući ono kad sanjamo, je povezano sa povećanom sposobnošću za rešavanje budućih problema. Kao da idemo na spavanje sa delovima slagalice, ali budimo se sa složenom slagalicom.
The second benefit of REM-sleep dreaming is emotional first aid. REM sleep takes the painful sting out of difficult emotional experiences so that when we come back the next day, we feel better about those painful events. You can almost think of dreaming as a form of overnight therapy. It's not time that heals all wounds, but it's time during dream sleep that provides emotional convalescence.
Druga dobrobit sanjanja u REM fazi je emotivna prva pomoć. REM spavanje tupi oštricu bolnih emotivnih iskustava tako da, kad se sledećeg dana probudimo, osećamo se bolje u vezi sa tim događajima. Možete sanjanje posmatrati kao nekakvu noćnu terapiju. Nije vreme to koje leči sve rane, nego vreme provedeno u sanjanju koje obezbeđuje emotivni oporavak.
Now, it's not just that you dream. It's also what you dream about that seems to make a difference. Scientists have discovered that after learning a virtual maze, for example, those individuals who slept but critically also dreamed about the maze were the only ones who ended up being better at navigating the maze when they woke up. And this same principle is true for our mental health. For example, people going through a difficult or traumatic experience such as a divorce, and who are dreaming about that event, go on to gain resolution to their depression relative to those who were dreaming but not dreaming about the events themselves.
Ne radi se samo o tome da sanjate. Takođe je važno ono što sanjate. Naučnici su otkrili da, na primer, posle učenja virtuelnog lavirinta, osobe koje su spavale ali takođe i sanjale taj lavirint, su jedine na kraju bolje prolazile u nalaženju izlaza iz lavirinta kad su se probudile. Ovaj princip važi i za naše mentalno zdravlje. Na primer, ljudi koji prolaze kroz teško ili traumatično iskustvo, kao što je razvod, i koji sanjaju o tom događaju, uspeju da razreše svoju depresiju za razliku od onih koji su sanjali, ali nisu sanjali baš te događaje.
All of which means that sleep and the very act of dreaming itself appears to be an essential ingredient to so much of our waking lives.
Sve ovo znači da je spavanje i sam čin sanjanja, ključni činilac u velikom delu našeg budnog života.
We dream, therefore we are.
Sanjamo, dakle postojimo.