Why do we dream and have nightmares, and what do they mean?

Brain surgeon and neuroscientist Dr. Rahul Jandial joins TODAY to talk about why people dream and have nightmares, what they could mean and how people can change their nighttime images.

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[wendycornett]

I wish this segment would have been longer. Such a fascinating topic. His book sounds like a must-read!

[Yogagirl]

I wish he would have discussed two other things-Recurring dreams & why you never die in your dreams

[bmarie]

I can remember most of my dreams.
It seems interesting and fascinating to study the brain and dreams.

[ChrisCupcake]

I love my nightmares. It allows me the opportunity to delve deeper into my mind in a safe way & face my fears so that I'm not as afraid in real life of various things.

Would love a documentary showing the similarity of brain activity between being awake & sleeping.

Definitely want to check out this book!

[Holly-usrp]

Wow. I dream alot. I am 34 and can remember dreams i had at 13 years old, i can remember them vividly. This is a little creepy for me.

[krissnov]

I wish I could turn the ability to dream off. I have more nightmares than anything. Sometimes I get confused and don't know if something happened in a dream or in real life.

[QueenBDreamwalker]

Dreams have informed & guided me all my Life ~ i have prerogative Dreams ~ i've shared Dreams with others that manifested in the waking World ~ Hearts & Minds aligned can express the Divine ~ Dreams can be made Real, i'm a witness ⚡⛈🌈👣🎶🙏🏾💜💧🌎

[User-bfe]

Such an interesting topic. This segment should've been half-hour long at least. The weirdest feeling dream I've had is where I was trying to turn the TV off in the dream. I woke up only to find the same show in my dream was the same show that I fell asleep to and woke up to while I was on the couch. So I was sleeping, but my ears/brain was still picking up real-life noises. Didn't know that was possible.

[Mexicano]

We probably leave our body for a few minutes and go to another dimension....now if we only knew how to do this awake! 😂

[LindyandDevin]

Luicid dreaming is something I believe anyone can do, I started practicing self checking while awake and wearing a sleeping mask as a signal I can’t remember most of the things I dream but now what I do remember I’m consciously able to recognize that I am in a dream and verbalized to the people in my dreams that I know I’mdreaming. and if I’m not having a premonition style dream, I can change the dream. I truly believe it is the key to some thing bigger.

[kansasgoldilocks]

I regularly have dreams that predict the future and I think there's something to that. My latest one involved my half sister who I had not talked to in 20 years reaching out to me and saying she wanted a relationship. The next morning when I checked my e-mail, I had a message from her (sent about an hour after I had woken up) saying that she wanted a relationship. This kind of thing happens to me too much to write off as coincidence.

[johnnygunzfilmbuff]

I've had dreams about my ex-gf. In the dream she wanted me back, but I said no because I can never go back to someone who broke my heart.

[ChrissyAnn]

I’ve had a dream within a dream within a dream. That was wild

[Benfromthehood]

I had a dream I was relaxing by the beach and a tiger 🐯 ran up and ate me. 😂

[akalizaakaliza]

he is right, I have high blood pressure and these days I am having only nightmares !

[MercedezSade]

I’ve been having dreams every night since finding out I am pregnant… vivid dreams.

[Slips]

Dreams are windows into the lives of our multiversal selves

[michaelmaps]

I have had a lot of dreams and nightmares which turned out to be true

[TerenaTCloud]

I’ve had weird short dreams lately. Small scenes of bizarre things.

[apara]

All my dreams or lucid!!!! If i dont like the way it's going, i just change it midway 😂