Why do we dream?
我地點解會發夢?
[Sleeping with Science]
[與科學同眠]
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.
我地會發夢嘅理由至少有好幾個。 其中一項重要嘅益處係創意。 訓覺,包括一路發夢一路訓, 同增強第二日解決問題嘅能力有關。 就好似我地帶著砌圖訓覺, 但係我地訓醒之後,砌圖就砌好左。
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.
快速動眼期訓覺發夢嘅第二個益處係情緒急救。 快速動眼期訓覺可以把痛死人嘅刺 從難過嘅情緒經歷中拔出嚟。 隔天我地再返嚟嘅時候, 我地對果啲痛苦事件嘅感受會好些。 你幾乎可以將發夢諗成是某種形式嘅一夜治療。 治癒所有傷口嘅並唔係時間, 而係有發夢嘅訓覺時間, 可以協助情緒康復。
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.
宜家唔只係要發夢, 發咩夢似乎都會有差別。 科學家發現, 比如,係學習左虛擬迷宮之後, 果啲喺睡覺嘅同時 仲夢到迷宮嘅人, 係唯一果啲醒左之後, 仲可以喺迷宮入面搵到方向嘅人。 同樣嘅原則都適用於我地嘅心理健康。 比如,當一個人經歷左好難過或者創傷性嘅事件, 例如離婚, 如果有夢見這件事, 跟住可以諗辦法解決佢地嘅沮喪, 相對之下,有發夢, 但係無夢見呢件事嘅人就無辦法。
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.
上述呢一切意味著, 訓覺以及發夢這個動作本身, 顯然係構成我地清醒生活嘅重要元素。
We dream, therefore we are.
我地發夢, 所以我地喺度。