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Dreaming is a symbolic language designed to communicate your inner wisdom to you while you are asleep. The part of your subconscious that processes dreams — your dream self — sends messages as symbols and images, which in turn conveys ideas or situations in a visual language.

While many agree about what dreams are, there is still debate over why we actually dream. This article explores the five most widely accepted reasons why we dream.

• Compensation: Famed psychologist Carl Jung believed that even our most fanciful dreams are methods of compensation for events that occur in our waking lives.
• Resolution: We already know the positive effects of sleep and dreams on memory, but dreams can also help us tackle everyday problems in life.

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