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Things That Influence Your Dreams

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1. What You Smell

A study in the Division of Sleep Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School headed by J. Catesby Ware, PhD, says that when you smell something while you sleep can directly affect your
dreams. Instead of waking up to react to the scent stimuli, your brain uses its memories of that smell to create a scene in your dreams. So if you smell food while you sleep, you may just dream about eating something delicious. If you smell something unpleasant, this can cause you bad dreams.

2. What You Hear

What we hear can also influence our dreams. This works the same way as what we smell. But the sense of hearing is much stronger than the sense of smell so it has a bigger impact on our dreams. A beautiful melody or song can bring you to memories that the song reminds you of. An unpleasant sound can cause you nightmares or bring you back to really bad moments in your past.

3. What You Ate

Everybody knows that after eating you have to wait two hours before sleeping or else you may get nightmares. Well the explanation behind this lies in how your body digests food. If you sleep with indigestion, you are more likely to toss and turn in bed and get unpleasant dreams.

4. What You Watched

I think we all can relate to having those movie influenced dreams. What you watched on TV or what you have seen in the movies can manifest in your dreams. if you were very much affected by the story or the special effects of what you have viewed before you slept, you may just find yourself being part of that show or movie in your sleep.

5. How You Sleep

Studies have found a relation between a person’s sleeping position and the dreams that go with them. For example, people who sleep face down or on their tummies seem to have sexual or romantically related dreams. This is believed to be due to the pressure this position puts on the chest and genitals. People who sleep on their backs seem to have a tendency to have nightmares, flying dreams or falling dreams. People who sleep on their side are more likely to either have very little recollection of their dreams or have very little memory of it.

6. What Happened Before You Slept

Lastly, one very common influence to your dreams is what you did or what happened before you slept. If you went swimming for a long time before sleeping, you are most likely to dream that you are still swimming. If you were angry at someone before you slept, you are most likely to have a bad dream or have a dream about the person you are mad at. If you were having fun before you slept then you have the tendency to have a fun dream too
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