Do our nightly dreams have any deep meaning?

Do our nightly dreams have any deep meaning?
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While we sleep our brains continue to think, to remember and to be stimulated by external stimuli like sound. Some dreams mean something, some don’t. It’s really that simple. Suggest you search the site for other many answers to your question, which is asked regularly and perhaps more often than any other on Fluther.
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