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Why We Sleep by Matt Walker goes into a similar topic. Paraphrased in hacker language by me, the gist is that the brain’s “cache” holds memories alongside the e
by _thisdot 3y ago
Why We Sleep by Matt Walker goes into a similar topic. Paraphrased in hacker language by me, the gist is that the brain’s “cache” holds memories alongside the emotions. Whereas the “hard disk” part of the brain doesn’t hold on to emotions. The process of moving stuff from “cache” to “hard disk” happens during the dreaming/REM phase. Which is inhibited if you’re
1. Having nightmares that wake you up
2. Using sleeping pills
3. Using Alcohol to sleep
I’ve found that dreaming about the trauma/loss can soften the emotions over time
- mptest 3y agoExactly right, the idea is basically to force the processing that happens during that rem phase. That's done, Hartman theorizes, and I forgot the level of basis in empirics he has, by doing anything that facilitates both sides of your brain working together. That's easiest done by walking, since you really are forcing both sides to communicate to facilitate the motion. Then thinking and focusing on the trauma/loss basically mimics the processing done during that rem processing.