Dream interpretation

While we sleep our mind create stories

entertaining, fun, romantic, disturbing

5 phases of sleep

3:deepsleep: no eye movement

last 5 to 20 min

represent: unconscious desires

4:deepsleep: difficult to wake someone in these stage

2:eye movement stops, brain waves become slower

5:REM. Breathing more rapid, irregular, blood pressure rises. The cause of dreaming

1:light sleep, slow eye movement

What are dreams

universal human experience

visual images and activation of memory

Nightmares

disturbing emotions: reaction fear and anxiety

adult and children

causes include: stress, fear, trauma, emotional difficulties

findings of study

Lucid Dreams

aware dreaming

may have control over dream

processing memories:7 days

what are we thinking: affect the content of dreams

two types of memory form basis of dream

long-lasting memories

episodic memories

pain: can be experienced

more nightmares

Freud

royal road to the unconscious

underlying sexual content

other ideas

fixed meanings: dream orange= good health

dictionaries of dream interpretation

every dream is a wish fulfillment

the clinical work of dream interpreation

2:must understand associations to dreams images

1:telling the dream (write after dreaming)

3:discover the links between the associations(current problems and conflicts)

helpful points

everyone dreams

we don't have to interpret to solve problems

dreams are true: the meaning isn't always what we think

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repetitive dreams indicate that you miss the point

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need to be treated differently

imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT)

4:perform a relaxation exercise. as way of falling in sleep peacefully. like breathing

state of consciousness

3:rehearse the new version of the story in imagination, before going to sleep

2:create a new ending for the nightmare and write it.(a peaceful ending) example of woman raped!

1:write the nightmare. tell it no matter how scary.

a therapy for repetitive nightmares

Simple,easily learned technique