To this day, it is not completely understood why it is that we dream. There is consensus, however, that without dreams we suffer both physically and psychologically.  Many mental illnesses are considered  to go along with with sleep irregularities, because poor sleep compromises the dream state.  The brain is wired to dream, and the correlation between lack of dreaming, disturbed dreaming, and mental illness is very high.  “Insomnia and depression are so strongly linked, some experts believe … [Read more...]