Do you often think about the cosmos and the existence of life? Our inquisitive mind sometimes touches on such questions to which there is no clear answer, and we have to suffer in conjectures. Every night we have dreams where our body and mind are subjected to incredible tests. We can wander through alien worlds, planets and universes. And in the morning we won’t even remember what happened in our “mysterious world”. What do astronauts dream about? How does weightlessness at rest affect our minds? Why is this question always being ignored, and why do we know so little about it? Let's deal with it.
And we dream of grass, grass near the house
What do astronauts dream about in space? Is there a clear distinction between "earthly" and "cosmic" sleep? In fact, there are incredibly many opinions and versions, some of them converge, while others diverge. And this is not surprising, because the influence of space and weightlessness proceeds individually for everyone. Some astronauts see in their dreams "grass near the house", relatives, loved ones and friends, because they experience some stress from the process of flying and being in space, while others experience crazy things in their dreams. Whono matter how serious the training of cosmonauts is, some of them still show their human weaknesses at certain moments, and this happens without exception. We ourselves sometimes experience tragedies in dreams, but we can’t even imagine what the astronaut is dreaming of.
Why are they silent about this?
There is an assumption that "cosmic" dreams have several stages of development. We can know so little about them, because the astronauts themselves do not like to talk about it. Sometimes their stories can shock the public, and they will be considered crazy. As we know, mentally ill people will never be sent into space in their lives. One has only to tell the psychologist what the astronaut is dreaming of, and immediately after such a revelation he will prescribe the appropriate treatment, and the astronaut will be forced to be suspended from flights for life. From this we conclude that "space dreams" are hushed up only because the astronauts themselves do not lose their jobs.
What do astronauts say, what do they dream and see?
Still, some secrets about man in space leak out, and the inquisitive public is born the maximum interest in this information. It's not just about dreams. Real cases are known when astronauts, being in a cheerful and conscious state, experienced terrible things. "The effect of someone else's presence", never heard of this? This is when members of the space crew see the phantom of a "deceased relative" or hear strangewhispering voices that it is undesirable for mankind to explore space, because it will never achieve a result.
What do astronauts dream about in orbit?
While in orbit, the dreamer can experience various transformations, during which he can reincarnate into some animal or creature that is completely incomprehensible to the human mind. From a classical point of view, this is explained by the theory of "change of consciousness", but humanity has not yet reached the level to start studying such processes at the cosmic level. Based on this, it is still impossible to explain the regularity of the phenomenon of changing consciousness in space.
An American astronaut told a story about what astronauts dream about. He talked about his friend, who managed to fly into space, let's call him K1 (cosmonaut-1). During sleep, K1 transformed into a dinosaur. The dreamer experienced sensations that most accurately describe the behavior of the ancient lizard. According to the descriptions of appearance, everything also converged. He said the following: “The first thing I felt was how huge paws began to grow in me, which immediately began to be covered with scales. On the limbs, membranes and huge claws immediately grew. However, for me it was not the most surprising. At a certain moment, I began to feel my horny plates on my back and moved them as I wanted. There was no hint that this was a dream or that I was even human. My voice was so resonant and ferocious that it vibrated all around.”
In parallel with this, he constantly found himself in some kind of fantasy world, where the laws of physics are extremely different from the "terrestrial", everything proceeds in a special and unpredictable way. Each subsequent dream, he incarnated into a new creature that lives in an unknown universe where the environment is generated on the go. At the same time, he could clearly understand the speech (or sounds) of imaginary beings and could communicate with them with ease.
How do astronauts feel?
What do cosmonauts dream of on working days in orbit? During the period of dreaming in space, a person is transported in space and time, he can travel through unknown cosmic bodies. All this is perceived habitually, as if something native. Fantastic dreams-states are born as if someone is dictating information to you in your head. This voice stream pursues a person throughout the dream. According to the dreamers, there is a feeling that behind this voice there is someone majestic and powerful, who deftly manipulates your emotional and mental sensation of what is happening. What is most remarkable is that fantastic dreams-states do not occur at all at night (not when the astronauts have a "light out"), but during the working day, when a person relaxes for a few minutes and loses vigilance. Time in a dream is very stretched, it feels 50-100 times slower than "earthly" time.
The astronaut must have a "resilient" psyche
The influence of the "mighty" flow is so strong that the astronaut can recognize thathim "the roof went." As a rule, such people never return to space. That is why astronauts are selected with the most stable and "iron" psyche. It is quite difficult to overcome your consciousness and ignore the transformation, so such dreams are inevitable for astronauts. Many simply get used to it and never spread the rumor about what astronauts dream of.
