Why Are Recurring Dreams Usually Nightmares?

January 14, 20254 min readRecurring dreams may feature taking a test the dreamer didn’t study for, having to make a speech or being attacked. Here’s why our sleeping brain comes back to these unpleasant dreams again and againBy Amanda Heidt edited by Lauren J. Young Jorm Sangsorn/Getty ImagesWhy does it seem like the same dreams keep following us? Maybe you’ve dreamed of soaring like a bird since childhood, or you’ve recently started revisiting a particular place or time while asleep. Perhaps a bad day at work still stirs exam nightmares,…

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