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Proof of what?

smallnix 4y ago
That "nightmares are part of a (slow and painful) processing of PTSD events".
endisneigh 4y ago
> The nightmares are part of a (slow and painful) processing of PTSD events. Suppressing them may not be helpful and actually just kick the can down the road.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago
  Why do you think people have nightmares?
  - more_corn 4y ago
    It sounds like you have decided why people have nightmares. I’m curious if you have any evidence to support your conclusion or if you just made it up.
  - endisneigh 4y ago
    I’m not a psychologist. I’m sure it differs per person depending on many variables.
    - nonrandomstring 4y ago
      Yes it's very much an individual experience with many functions and variables. Here's some (see summary [1]); Functional threat modelling for templating past events onto avoiding future harms, Valli,Revonsuo et al (Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku) "The threat simulation theory of dreaming (TST) () states that dream consciousness is essentially an ancient biological defence mechanism, evolutionarily selected for its capacity to repeatedly simulate threatening events." Integration and consolidation of past events. Physiology and psychology of dreams, Alan S Eiser (Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center Ann Arbor) "... direct and systematic investigation could be made of such topics as the occurrence, qualities, recollection, and childhood development of dreaming...neurobiological research, including lesion and brain imaging studies, have established a clearer view of the functional neuroanatomy of REM sleep and dreaming." Processing difficult, complicated, unsettling thoughts. Affect integration in dreams and dreaming, Gary Grenell (Faculty, Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, USA) "The processes by which dreaming aids in the ongoing integration of affects into the mind are approached here from complementary psychoanalytic and nonpsychoanalytic perspectives. One relevant notion is that the dream provides a psychological space wherein overwhelming, contradictory, or highly complex affects that under waking conditions are subject to dissociation, splitting, or disavowal may be brought together for observation by the dreaming ego." [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201502/why-do-we-dream https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201502/...
  - threatofrain 4y ago
    Does it matter? The question is looking for empiricism on dreams and whether mediating nightmares causes more harm down the line.
  - nonrandomstring 4y ago
  - MikeTheGreat 4y ago
    Hi Eliza!
    - nonrandomstring 4y ago
      Tell me more about Eliza.

Proof of what?

That "nightmares are part of a (slow and painful) processing of PTSD events".

> The nightmares are part of a (slow and painful) processing of PTSD events. Suppressing them may not be helpful and actually just kick the can down the road.

nonrandomstring 4y ago
Why do you think people have nightmares?
- more_corn 4y ago
  It sounds like you have decided why people have nightmares. I’m curious if you have any evidence to support your conclusion or if you just made it up.
- endisneigh 4y ago
  I’m not a psychologist. I’m sure it differs per person depending on many variables.
  - nonrandomstring 4y ago
    Yes it's very much an individual experience with many functions and variables. Here's some (see summary [1]); Functional threat modelling for templating past events onto avoiding future harms, Valli,Revonsuo et al (Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Turku) "The threat simulation theory of dreaming (TST) () states that dream consciousness is essentially an ancient biological defence mechanism, evolutionarily selected for its capacity to repeatedly simulate threatening events." Integration and consolidation of past events. Physiology and psychology of dreams, Alan S Eiser (Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center Ann Arbor) "... direct and systematic investigation could be made of such topics as the occurrence, qualities, recollection, and childhood development of dreaming...neurobiological research, including lesion and brain imaging studies, have established a clearer view of the functional neuroanatomy of REM sleep and dreaming." Processing difficult, complicated, unsettling thoughts. Affect integration in dreams and dreaming, Gary Grenell (Faculty, Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, USA) "The processes by which dreaming aids in the ongoing integration of affects into the mind are approached here from complementary psychoanalytic and nonpsychoanalytic perspectives. One relevant notion is that the dream provides a psychological space wherein overwhelming, contradictory, or highly complex affects that under waking conditions are subject to dissociation, splitting, or disavowal may be brought together for observation by the dreaming ego." [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201502/why-do-we-dream https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201502/...
- threatofrain 4y ago
  Does it matter? The question is looking for empiricism on dreams and whether mediating nightmares causes more harm down the line.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago
- MikeTheGreat 4y ago
  Hi Eliza!
  - nonrandomstring 4y ago
    Tell me more about Eliza.