Background: This study aimed to examine the relationships among dream themes, coping attitudes, and emotional authenticity. Dreams may serve as important phenomenological indicators reflecting individuals’ emotional processes and coping patterns in waking life. Methods: Using a quantitative correlational survey design, data were collected from 555 participants through the Dream Themes Scale...
Recurrent nightmares are a distressing manifestation of trauma-related disorders and can persist even in the absence of full post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This case report describes the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment of a 31-year-old male presenting with a recurring nightmare involving an identical scenario. The nightmare was characterized by intense...
Dissociative amnesia refers to the inability to recall life events triggered by stressors, in the absence of a medical condition or substance use. Dissociative fugue, in contrast, is characterized by this amnesia accompanied by purposeless and bewildered wandering. Because the condition is rare and may present with psychosis-like features, dissociative fugue can easily be overlooked in clinical...