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As we have seen, dreaming is a natural, universal, and in many ways perhaps even beneficial process. There are times, however, when our dreams are not so benign, when the images and feelings they generate disturb our sleep and cause emotional disruption that persists far into our waking hours. I refer, of course, to nightmares. [...]
Checking mirrors and other reflecting surfaces (e.g., windows, backs of spoons) is one of the most important behaviors to control. Many people say they quickly feel better when they cut back or stop this behavior. Mirror checking is time consuming and often makes people much more anxious and depressed. In addition, most BDD’ sufferers check [...]
Night terror This condition is rare and is related to sleep-walking. Sleeping young children may suddenly scream hysterically at the top of their voices as if they have seen something horrible. Their parents rush to their bedside and try to comfort them. These children have their eyes wide open but are not aware of the [...]
Before the days of sleep laboratories, it was believed that sleep-walking, night terror, and children’s bed-wetting happened during dreaming. Nowadays, with the help of the sleep laboratories, we know that these related phenomena occur in the deep sleep stages of NREM sleep, and are not features of dreams at all. Sleep-walking Have you ever dreamed [...]