The surprising health benefits of dreaming | Sleeping with Science

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Why do we dream?

Prevodilac: Ivana Korom Lektor: Milenka Okuka

Zašto sanjamo?

[Sleeping with Science]

[Spavanje sa naukom]

Well, we dream for at least several different reasons.

Sanjamo iz bar nekoliko različitih razloga.

One key benefit is creativity.

Jedna ključna dobrobit je kreativnost.

Sleep, including dream sleep,

Spavanje, uključujući ono kad sanjamo,

is associated with an enhanced ability to solve next-day problems.

je povezano sa povećanom sposobnošću za rešavanje budućih problema.

It's almost as though we go to sleep with the pieces of the jigsaw,

Kao da idemo na spavanje sa delovima slagalice,

but we wake up with the puzzle complete.

ali budimo se sa složenom slagalicom.

The second benefit of REM-sleep dreaming is emotional first aid.

Druga dobrobit sanjanja u REM fazi je emotivna prva pomoć.

REM sleep takes the painful sting out of difficult emotional experiences

REM spavanje tupi oštricu bolnih emotivnih iskustava

so that when we come back the next day,

tako da, kad se sledećeg dana probudimo,

we feel better about those painful events.

osećamo se bolje u vezi sa tim događajima.

You can almost think of dreaming as a form of overnight therapy.

Možete sanjanje posmatrati kao nekakvu noćnu terapiju.

It's not time that heals all wounds,

Nije vreme to koje leči sve rane,

but it's time during dream sleep

nego vreme provedeno u sanjanju

that provides emotional convalescence.

koje obezbeđuje emotivni oporavak.

Now, it's not just that you dream.

Ne radi se samo o tome da sanjate.

It's also what you dream about that seems to make a difference.

Takođe je važno ono što sanjate.

Scientists have discovered

Naučnici su otkrili

that after learning a virtual maze, for example,

da, na primer, posle učenja virtuelnog lavirinta,

those individuals who slept

osobe koje su spavale

but critically also dreamed about the maze

ali takođe i sanjale taj lavirint,

were the only ones who ended up being better at navigating the maze

su jedine na kraju bolje prolazile u nalaženju izlaza iz lavirinta

when they woke up.

kad su se probudile.

And this same principle is true for our mental health.

Ovaj princip važi i za naše mentalno zdravlje.

For example, people going through a difficult or traumatic experience

Na primer, ljudi koji prolaze kroz teško ili traumatično iskustvo,

such as a divorce,

kao što je razvod,

and who are dreaming about that event,

i koji sanjaju o tom događaju,

go on to gain resolution to their depression

uspeju da razreše svoju depresiju

relative to those who were dreaming

za razliku od onih koji su sanjali,

but not dreaming about the events themselves.

ali nisu sanjali baš te događaje.

All of which means that sleep

Sve ovo znači da je spavanje

and the very act of dreaming itself

i sam čin sanjanja,

appears to be an essential ingredient to so much of our waking lives.

ključni činilac u velikom delu našeg budnog života.

We dream,

Sanjamo,

therefore we are.

dakle postojimo.