Is it normal to have conversations in your dreams?

Folks Can Have Real-Life Conversations While Dreaming, Study Finds. If you’ve ever had a “lucid dream” — one in which you’re aware you’re dreaming — new research just might jolt you awake. Not only is it possible during these vivid dreams to perceive questions, but to answer them, too — at least sometimes.

Can you communicate in your sleep?

“We found that individuals in REM sleep can interact with an experimenter and engage in real-time communication,” says psychologist Ken Paller from Northwestern University. “We also showed that dreamers are capable of comprehending questions, engaging in working-memory operations, and producing answers.

What does it mean when you dream about talking to someone you haven’t talked to in awhile?

Studies show that your dream consciousness is very similar to your waking consciousness, so dreaming about someone you don’t talk to anymore points to daily emotions you’re currently feeling (and may need to process). You should also take note of how people from your past are acting in your dream.

Why do we talk gibberish in your sleep?

Sleep talking usually occurs by itself and is most often harmless. However, in some cases, it might be a sign of a more serious sleep disorder or health condition. REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and sleep terrors are two types of sleep disorders that cause some people to shout during sleep.

What does it mean when you dream about talking to yourself?

The person you are talking to in your dream represents something about yourself. So notice what you feel and think of the person in your dream. Whatever comes up, that is an aspect about yourself that you like, dislike, can know better about yourself.

Do dreams cumulate over time?

If dreams have sole access to a dream-specialized memory system, then it should not be surprising that dreams can cumulate content over time that is not related merely to daytime waking consciousness. Dream memories would build up over time—just like memories in systems that are accessed via waking consciousness.

Are dreams connected to one another?

Most dreams seem unconnected to one another, but a few seem to carry on themes from one dream to another. Does this continuity of content come from the dreams themselves, or is continuity of content due to a continuity of experiences in our waking life?

Can dreams be accessed through specific memory systems?

For that to be possible, it seems that we would need to entertain the possibility that dreams either draw on a specialized memory system only available to the dreaming brain, or that dreams can access selected memory systems that are typically unavailable to the waking brain.