“Dark Visions, Ancient Fears” - Nightmares as an Evolutionary Response to Primitive Dangers
"Those dreams about being chased by wild animals may not be meaningless after all. And the bottomless pits, the running but not moving, and those rooms with no doors and windows, they also may have a real purpose."
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An interesting piece about nightmares and dreams being an evolutionary response to recognizing and dealing with the problems faced by our ancestors. Researchers says dreams are a playground for the mind to replicate threatening situations, allowing us to develop skills to deal with life-threatening experiences in the real world. They claim the majority of dreams contain threatening events. This universal nightmare of being chased by monsters is familiar to everyone, hinting at the idea of early humans being chased by another type of monster - hungry wild animals.
