The Secret Truth About Your Dreams

At nighttime, when we're exhausted from running the work, family, social and relationship treadmill, the last thing on our mind is what's ahead in our dreams. But according to DREAMS, there is a link between these sleeping pictures and your waking life. So whether you have nightmares or get some sweet action while you sleep.

Dreams can be premonitions of real-life events, many dreams contain precognitive elements and may offer premonitory cues, although considerably fewer are actual play-by-play predictions of events that later come to pass. So, how can your sleepy head tell if you've had a dream or a "psychic". A dream is likely to be a premonition if it is very clear and harp, with a very real, sensory feel to it especially if it also delivers a significant emotional shock that wakes the dreamer.

Chocolate before bed is not a very likely cause of nightmares, although the theobromine (a compound that has a similar effect to caffeine) that is contains generally causes people to sleep lighter and have better dream recall. Different foods can affect our sleep and dreams in various ways, so the best way to have a good sleep is to avoid large meals near bedtime and keeping your sleeping environment cool will help, too.

Sexual dreams are very common, if you're mortified by the fact your snoozing rendezvous happened to be with your balding, middle-aged boss - not the hot guy who lives downstairs - don't be. One thing to keep in mind is that sex in dreams is (often) symbolic, and so does not necessarily indicate suppressed wishes or impulses.

Dreams with smells or tastes, if your senses are heightened dramatically during slumber time, this may indicate that the dream contains precognitive or premonitory content. However, dreams with taste, smell or sound are actually quite rare. More often people experience what are called "incorporations", where sounds (telephone ringing), scents (perfume) or other sensory input present in the sleeper's room enter their dreams. Usually, the function of these dream incorporations is to allow you to continue sleeping - so these distractions should somehow find their way into your dreams, rather than wake you up.