If the ideal night;s sleep is eight hours long (if only we actually ever achieved this, eh?) then we spend roughly one third of our lifetimes asleep.
And what we dream about can offer useful insight into our waking hours, too. Many of us will experience bad or recurring dreams at some point in our lives.
Usually frightening, upsetting or completely bizarre, these dreams can significantly disrupt our sleep and make it difficult to nod off again.
If you could prevent these bad dreams from happening, would you - and should you - do it? According to celebrity dreams expert Inbaal Honigman, who is one of the regular Lunch Mates on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, there are meanings we can learn from behind the most common dreams, including falling, running, and arguments with loved ones.
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