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Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > Dreams & their interpretation
Why we dream: the definitive answer tells the remarkable story of
how Joe Griffin discovered how and why dreaming evolved in mammals
and helped us unravel what our dreams actually mean. Thanks to
Griffin's work we now know what dreams are doing for us: they keep
us sane, or, in certain circumstances, can drive us mad
(psychotic). And this knowledge opens up wonderful new
possibilities for humanity: greater creativity; improved mental
health and deeper understanding of who we are. Griffin and Tyrrell
convincingly show that dreaming is vital for mental health and that
the brain state we associate with dreaming (the REM state) also has
crucial importance for when we are awake. This understanding of the
REM state explains not only how our brains construct a model of
reality, but also explains hypnosis, how creative behaviour works,
and why we develop mental illnesses such as depression and
psychosis.
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