A dream works as the mood thermometer of a person. The individual’s mood steers the nervous impulse through a specific pathway in the brain. Here, it collects images from the memory stores and composes scenes with them. For example, if you feel amorous, you could enjoy an erotic dream. If you are sad and anxious, you can endure an embarrassing, nude experience. Apprehension brings about situations of being lost in strange places. Happiness gives rise to pleasant dreams, and fear and depression to horrifying scenes like car crashes or never-ending falls. Self-criticism and self-deprecation cause shameful foul scenes, and indifference, images of daily routine.
My name is Louis Villalba. I am the author of “The Stranger’s Enigma,” the first novel of the series “A Stranger in Dreamland.” The second, “Born of Dreams,” will be published in the next few months. I am a retired clinical professor of Neurology, certified by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a board-certified clinical neurophysiologist.