Are you having a real dream?

Are you having a real dream? While we think of sleep as a time for recharging the body, the brain is actually quite active during sleep — dreaming. Our dreams can be soothing or scary, mysterious or helpful, and realistic or fantastical.

Sometimes we wake up and have no idea that we’ve dreamed, while other times, we can closely recall our dreams because they were so intense. These are known as vivid dreams.

Recently I had what I call my dream was dreaming. I was on a business trip and it looked as if something bad was going to happen. Just then I sat up and saw I was dreaming. What happened next? My wife rolled me over on my side and then I actually woke up.