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Are your dreams normal? Scientist reveals the most bizarre phenomena

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Jane Teresa Anderson , a dream analyst and neurobiologist based in Tasmania , Australia , says dreams 'reflect common life themes' She says dreams reflect waking life but take us deeper, revealing the unconscious side of our daytime experiences.

Sleep paralysis is when you cannot move or speak as you are waking up, often combined with distressing hallucinations of a terrifying figure holding you down.

Hypnagogic visions are the freaky hallucinations that flit through the brain during the transition from wakefulness and sleep.

One fifth of people are gifted with lucid dreams.

Anderson said she has had lucid dreams, once of which involved 'fearless flying acrobatics' Parasomnias refer to the physical displays that our body performs while our brain is still asleep sleepwalking.

False awakenings are when we think that we have woken up but are actually just dreaming it.

We can even dream that we're performing our daily morning routines such as showering, cleaning, eating and using the toilet.

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