Can dreams predict health issues?

Current research also indicates that changes in dream behaviour, and even dream content, may point to the onset of certain health issues before they show up in physical form, though conclusive evidence for this remains a source of conjecture.

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What does it mean when you feel like someone is holding you down in your sleep?

Tactile Hallucination. Tactile hallucination is the experience of being touched when you're not. It's one of the most common aspects of sleep paralysis. Many people say they feel pressure or contact. It's like something or someone is holding them down. Consequently, can your dreams tell you something? Dreams tell you what you really know about something, what you really feel. They point you toward what you need for growth, integration, expression, and the health of your relationships to person, place, and thing. They can help you fine-tune your direction and show you your unfinished business.

Regarding this, had a dream i couldn't breathe and woke up gasping for air?

This is epitomised in popular culture when people wake up from bad dreams. If anxiety is the reason that you're waking up gasping for air, you might also be sweating, chilly, have chest pain, a feeling of faintness, and even a sense of impending doom. Subsequently, do you stop breathing when you dream? New study shows holding your breath in a dream causes real stop in airflow. Breathing during wakefulness is often involuntarily influenced by physical activities and emotions; our breathing becomes quick with fear or with physical exertion, or slows with relaxation.

Thereof, can lack of oxygen cause vivid dreams?

Because sleep apnea messes with your breathing during sleep, that drop in oxygen as you're dreaming can cause disturbing and vivid dreams, says Dr. Rosenberg.