That dream where you're falling from the sky and jerk awake is actually pretty common. On average, a person will have between one and six dreams a night, and the most vivid ones occur during REM sleep ...

Were you soaring in your dreams recently? Dreams of flying are considered among the most exhilarating. They also pack an emotional significance. Dreams about flying represent freedom, expansion and ...

Source: The story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons What are dreams made of and are they important? Questions like this are still the subject of scientific ...

Carry-over effects pose an intriguing oneiric paradox: the dream is not real, but it has real effects on our body and ...

You've probably had this jarring experience. You're in a dream, and then you wake up with a sudden rush. Your fall in a dream world has brought you abruptly back to consciousness. Falling in dreams is ...

I had a nightmare last night. It began like many of my dreams do – I was on vacation with my extended family. This time, we were in Australia, visiting family friends in a big house. Things took a ...

For millennia, people have been fascinated by dreams. “What a weird and wondrous experience it is that we get thrown into these virtual worlds where we meet people, we interact with them, where we can ...

Dreams can feel stunningly real, leave us shaken, and surprise us with their surreal storylines. But do they actually mean anything? Sigmund Freud, the famed neurologist and founder of modern-day ...

Those snake dreams you've been having? They have a message and a meaning. As a professional dream interpreter and the author of “The Alchemy of Your Dreams,” I help people come to insights about ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Douglas Sacha—Getty Images, francescoch/Getty Images; Tess Trunk—Getty Images via Canva) Colino is a ...