What do dreams mean? | Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman

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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford.

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[Belofsky]

Andrew is the real deal. Always refreshing to watch legit scientists come on and share their knowledge with us.

[tinyjungle_]

As a heavy pot smoker for 27 years that just recently quit this was pretty interesting. I feel like I haven't dreamed or remembered any dreams for all those years. I now start dreaming almost immediately when closing my eyes. My early morning dreams have been insanely intense and very emotional. I feel like I've cried myself awake many days since getting sober. It's been quite the rollercoaster ride so far.

[vindenap]

I quit cannabis and cigarettes a few months ago and am having the craziest dreams of my life, people places and things I would never think about awake is what I'm dreaming about, watching videos like this trying to make sense if it all

[The_Rude_French_Canadian]

Smoked pot for years...I remember most my dreams, but never woke up paralyzed...

Waking up emotionally drained from dreams does suck though...especially when they involve painful memories of a loss or traumatic event...

[PanoramicPhilosopher]

Useful AF. Timely, as well. Thank you! I'll be sharing with a few people who need to see this particular video.

[StopLookandListenwithSamantha]

We dream for a third of our day each day but you don't hear many people talk about it. Thank you for bringing up the conversation.

[eIicit]

This tracks with what I had observed. Very interesting. Heading to look for that research now.

[b.o.r.o]

Just last night i got a lucid dream with my high school friends and i was telling them about the future how we will get into engineering college(currently studying) and it felt awesome. Again at a moment a scene happened where exactly the reverse of an event happened like in place of the person i was interacting(in reality), i was in his place and vice versa. This completely felt like a reverse universe and idk if this was a dream or deja vu or something but i could exactly remember it really happened.

[MaximusB-]

As a daily pot smoker for the better part of 7 years who quit 2 months ago, it made me tear up to hear that was a major route of my anger and frustration with the world. For so long I thought it was my trauma that caused me to be so mad at everything. Now I realize without weed I have been such a kinder and more loving stress free person. The road rage is gone, the stress is gone, the anger at everything is gone. It ruined so many of my relationships and I have to accept that it was my fault for smoking and refusing to quit because “it helped”. Weed truly is an addiction for some, everything in moderation. These REM dreams have opened my eyes and my heart.

[rickzor]

Had the most surreal lucid dream last night and I also was able to nearly wake up and make sure I went back in. Things changed a lot of the times I went in and out, most were conversations and in one part I pit someone’s hand. It usually only happens when I go back to sleep

[visavou]

Ty both for doing this. Thanks. A. Lot.

[petecabrina]

The tricky part here is actually being able to embrace the replaying and processing of the emotions and trauma, because the human mind is also quite effective at avoiding difficult feelings, to the point of adding many layers over the top of it (multiple personality). Having complex PTSD I can say this is not an easy process, but this is a nice reminder our brain and system is capable of processing difficult things naturally, and to not be afraid of allowing it to happen.

[charlie.ridgway]

I've had sleep paralysis since I was a young kid. Freaked me out at first to say the very least. Eventually I learned out to snap myself out of it, but I still deal with it to this day.

[wilsonm.d]

I've had a chance to sleep in quite a bit lately, and noticed bad dreams towards the end of my sleep cycle. Waking in the middle of the bad dream, seemed to keep the negative emotions alive in me.

[ghostofmyself]

Explains a lot. Now I understand.
Cheers.

[shadowmoon]

I had an obe after playing around with second life when it first started it was so surreal it felt like I could feel the wind and it was cold even my face was contorting to the wind, I used my head as the throttle to go fast or slow it was one of the most best dreams I've had but only happened once. When I was a kid I used to dream I was falling and would get the most extreme anxiety but also a rush, I then learnt as a kid to focus on slowing down and I was ablw to stop halfway then walk down stairs that I had created in my mind. Nowadays I can dream and still be aware of my surroundings like I can get up go to the bathroom then go straight back to sleep and start from when I left almost immediately. Other times I've been able to control my dreams and say to myself this one sucks I'll change it to a more positive one. I always look forward to going to bed lol for me its like my fave food😆😍

[irszgatti]

What a clip to see on my feed. I was told today, based on what I shared, that I have something called chronic post traumatic stress. I always thought I could sweep it under the rug and get on with it, not be a whiner, all that kinda tough guy no pity party stuff...but I am just over 40 years old and I can see that it's not right living and feeling the way I am. I dont even know what its like to go a solid month without some delusional thinking. I am more open than ever to a medication that may offer me a glimpse into a life without irrational fears of having somebody try to kill me or hinder me in some way. I'm stuck in fight/flight mode, but its all I've ever known, so that most times I've felt like seeing a professional I question myself on why I am there... I'm just praying for the right kind of help. With a 3.5 yr old daughter now, I need to think about socializing and being a more well adjusted example. I'm certain somebody else reading this has experienced similar...so share with me if you are reading....I could use a little encouragement.

[sykokat]

dreams are amazing, i almost feel like we go to another world in dreams bcuz mine are so real, and the shit that happens is so futuristicy and real

[AlohaMaui]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[JoeSmith-bxoz]

my dreams were usually warnings(the strong&colorful ones), that transcended time.