Dreaming and insomnia: Dream recall and dream content of patients with insomnia
Journal of Sleep Research September 1, 1998 Michael Schredl, Gerard Schäfer, Bettina Weber et al.
The present study investigated dream recall frequency and dream content of patients with insomnia in comparison to healthy controls. Patients’ dream recall frequency was elevated, due mainly to their heightened frequency of nocturnal awakenings. Dream content seems to reflect waking life stressors found in these patients, i.e. dream emotions were more negative and dreams were characterized by...