Do dreams make your sleep quality worse? A psychologist demystifies our slumber

Ideally, sleep should not be a stressful activity.

Many factors, from ambient temperature to your most recent meal, can affect sleep quality. But can the dreams — sweat and otherwise — that occur while you slumber also impact shut-eye?

Deirdre Barrett, a psychology lecturer at Harvard University and author of The Committee of Sleep, helps Inverse break down how dreams might change how you feel when you wake up. READ MORE FROM INVERSE