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Why Sleep Matters: Expert Guide to Mental Resilience
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What’s Really Keeping You Awake? The Brain’s Role in Sleepless Nights
https://youtu.be/Y5GbewCKmk4
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References
For nightmares serving a purpose in threat preparation:
Levin, R., & Nielsen, T. A. (2007). Disturbed dreaming, posttraumatic stress disorder, and affect distress: A review and neurocognitive model. Psychological Bulletin, 133(3), 482-528. This comprehensive review discusses how nightmares may serve an evolutionary function in threat simulation and emotional processing.
For lucid dreaming's therapeutic applications:
Holzinger, B., Klösch, G., & Saletu, B. (2015). Studies with lucid dreaming as add‐on therapy to Gestalt therapy. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 131(6), 355-363. This study demonstrated how lucid dreaming techniques could be used to treat recurring nightmares.
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