Do you know what your dreams are made of? Do you know why you dream what you do?
It’s hard to say. Some people think your dreams are entirely influenced by what’s going on in your life psychologically, and some people say they’re your subconscious telling you what you need to do. But some science says you can influence at least some parts of your dreams in your day-to-day behavior.
Reduce your stress. Trying to avoid your problems during the day just makes you more likely to dream about those exact problems at night. Dealing with your day to day stress may not only improve your waking life, but your dreams, too.
Eat something small before you go to bed. Eating right before you close your eyes is obviously not the best idea, since your body will spend all night trying to digest it. But if you let your blood sugar get too low, the drop may actually wake you up, since you’ll be so hungry. If it doesn’t, you’re much more likely to dream of food.
Take some dreamy supplements. Vitamin B6 is a popular one for those who want more control over their dreams, since some studies have shown that B6 can cause a higher chance of lucid dreaming. ##MN_RESP##
Relax. Watching something unsettling, eating something you know will unsettle your stomach, or basically doing anything uncomfortable will affect your dreams negatively. Take the time to do five minutes of meditating before you go to sleep to make sure your brain isn’t full of negativity.
Surround yourself with good smells and sounds. Any sound or smell you experience can be felt in your sleep, and some of them can be absorbed into dreams. So if you have a nice air freshener and some nice low sound, you could have much more peaceful dreams.
Take note of your sleeping position. There are a lot of ways the side you sleep on can affect your night’s sleep. The left side is associated with nightmares, where the right side is the opposite.
What do you think of these tips? Which one will you try?
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