Number of Dream Glossary Entries: 50

alpha waves	Normal electrical brain activity associated with quiet wakef...
apnea	A life-threatening condition where a person periodically sto...
applied dreaming	Using dreams to accomplish a certain purpose, such as solvin...
archetypes	A particular type of symbol that is an iconic image or ideal...
arousal	A sudden transition from a sleep state to a waking state, or...
beta waves	Normal electrical brain activity associated with active wake...
bruxism	Grinding or clenching teeth during sleep....
circadian rhythms	Cyclical patterns or biological clock in living things, said...
collective dreaming	The meaning varies, but generally involves dreams in a group...
conscious	The aspect of the mind whose activities we are directly awar...
delta waves	Normal electrical brain activity associated with restorative...
dialoguing	A technique to assist in dream interpretation, where the dre...
dream art	Artwork that is based on images from dreams, or sometimes ar...
dream interpretation	Analyzing a dream in an attempt to discover meaning meaning ...
dream journaling	Tracking dreams by writing descriptions of them, often used ...
dream psychology	The study of dreams and dreaming according within the framew...
dream recall	The ability to remember all or part of a dream you've had. M...
dream therapy	Using dreams as a tool to assist in psychotherapy to help pr...
dream type	Category of dream, depending on dream content and structure....
dream within a dream	Dreaming that you are having a dream (a dream within a dream...
hypnic jerk	An involuntary muscle contraction that occurs during the tra...
hypnogogia	The experiences during the process of falling asleep, such a...
hypnopompia	The experiences during the process of waking up....
insomnia	Difficulty going to sleep or staying asleep. Possible causes...
intuition	Insight or inner wisdom. Direct knowing, independent of rati...
lucid dream	A dream during which the dream is aware that they are dreami...
myoclonic twitch	An involuntary muscle contraction that occurs during the tra...
night sweats	Significant sweating while sleeping, independent of ambient ...
nightmare	A frightful or unpleasant dream, often vivid, which often aw...
nocturnal	Occuring at night....
NREM sleep	(non-rapid eye movement) A normal phase of sleep when dreams...
parasomnia	Unusual sleep-related disorders that disrupts sleep, includi...
phosphenes	Patterns of lights or other visual images seen when the eyes...
precognition	Prediction, or the ability to predict accurately....
predictive dream	A dream that predicts the future, where events in the dream ...
premonition	A prediction, such as events in a dream that then happen lat...
psychic dream	A dream containing elements of ESP, such as accurate predict...
recurring dream	A dream that repeats the same or similar content on more tha...
REM sleep	(rapid eye movement) - A phase of sleep when associated with...
sleep architecture	The structure or pattern of sleep cycles through the night....
sleep hygiene	The practice of habits that result in good sleep....
sleep mentation	Mental and emotional processes that occur during sleep, incl...
sleep paralysis	The temporary sensation that the body is paralyzed just afte...
sleep terror	A sudden, partial awakening from NREM sleep, often with a fe...
somnambulism	A condition that involves physical activities, such as walki...
somniloquy	Talking in one's sleep....
subconscious	The aspect of the mind whose activities we are not directly ...
symbol	A unique aspect of a dream that provides clues about the mea...
vision	An image or thought seen in the mind, often during a dream o...
waking dream	A vision or message conveyed through images or thoughts whil...