Your dreams reveal you..and reveal your health too!!!

Before you dive into dream interpretation books, knock on the doors of perfumers, and ask the opinion of visionaries, did you know that your dreams indicate your health and your psychological state as well???

A recent study proved that after researchers asked participants to fill out a questionnaire that measured the quality of their dreams, they kept a daily dream diary, in which they write the content of their dreams every morning upon waking, and evaluate the emotions they experienced in those dreams.

The results showed that individuals with higher levels of peace of mind reported seeing more positive and happy dreams during sleep, while people with higher levels of anxiety reported seeing more negative dreams.

The researchers noted that their study shows that if we want to understand how dream content relates to waking health, it is not enough to only measure symptoms of mental illness, but we must measure well-being itself.

Lead researcher Dr Pelerin Seca said: 'Peace of mind is a state of inner peace and harmony, expressing the quality of life a person leads from the well-being traditionally associated with happiness in Eastern cultures.

"Although there is a paucity of research that has directly addressed peace of mind in studies of well-being, it has always been considered a central issue of human prosperity," he added.

He noted that individuals with higher levels of peace of mind may be better able to regulate their emotions, not only in the waking state but also during their dreams, while the opposite may be true for those with higher levels of anxiety.

He hinted that the team's future studies would focus on exploring the ability of peace of mind to better regulate emotion and self-control in general, and whether improving such skills could also lead to greater peace of mind.