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When Dreams Break the Rules – Why Logic Disappears at Night
This episode explains why dreams often ignore logic and create impossible situations, shifting identities, and broken timelines. During REM sleep, the brain's prefrontal cortex, which controls reasoning and critical thinking, becomes less active, while emotional and memory centers remain highly active. As a result, dreams are guided by feeling rather than facts. Without logical supervision, the mind connects events based on emotional meaning, not reality. Memories mix freely without time or context, forming collage-like dream scenes. This allows the brain to focus on emotional processing and…
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