What exactly happens in our brains when we dream at night?

Your brain is like a movie theater that plays stories while you're asleep, and it uses your memories as the script.

When you go to bed, your brain slowly turns off some parts and starts up others. It's like switching from a quiet room to a loud party, but instead of music and laughter, it’s using memories and feelings to make up stories. These stories are what we call dreams.

Your brain has two main characters that help create dreams:

• The memory keeper: This part grabs bits from your day, like the time you tripped over a toy or laughed with friends.
• The imagination maker: This part takes those bits and turns them into fun, crazy scenes. Sometimes they’re silly, sometimes scary, but always interesting.

So while you're fast asleep, your brain is busy being both a writer and an actor, making up stories from your memories, just like when you tell bedtime stories to your little brother or sister. Your brain is like a movie theater that plays stories while you're asleep, and it uses your memories as the script.

When you go to bed, your brain slowly turns off some parts and starts up others. It's like switching from a quiet room to a loud party, but instead of music and laughter, it’s using memories and feelings to make up stories. These stories are what we call dreams.

Your brain has two main characters that help create dreams:

• The memory keeper: This part grabs bits from your day, like the time you tripped over a toy or laughed with friends.
• The imagination maker: This part takes those bits and turns them into fun, crazy scenes. Sometimes they’re silly, sometimes scary, but always interesting.

So while you're fast asleep, your brain is busy being both a writer and an actor, making up stories from your memories, just like when you tell bedtime stories to your little brother or sister.