New England review
2023
Deborah Golub
Hypnagogia Deborah Golub (bio) 1. We wandered in loudly 2. Turning up identity, "I am!" 3. We fought like kangaroos. 4. Mercy on her head would have done the same 5. Crossing details of loneliness. 6. Living in the bone structure of our parents 7. The precipitation always breathes 8. Holding on for dear life. 9. Every day, grief makes the stomach churn. 10. How long can a diamond be held 11....
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
2023
Anellka Remedios, Silvia Marin-Dragu, Francis Routledge et al.
Study objectives: The current study investigated nightmare frequency and distress during the pandemic and associated factors. Methods: Participants (n = 1,718) completed a survey, 747 of which were youth. The MADRE dream questionnaire was used to collect self-reported data on nightmare frequency and distress. In addition, personality traits, current stressors, and COVID-related anxiety were...
Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Disorders
2023
BD Robertson, Werner Jk, TR Pearce et al.
2 citations
Objective: Nightmares are a common co-morbid condition among patients with mental health disorders and sleep disturbances. Patients with Nightmare Disorder (ND) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-related nightmares experience sleep fragmentation, reduced sleep quality, and insufficient sleep quantity. NightWare is an FDA-cleared digital medical device that monitors patients’ heart rate...
International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP
2023
Judith Koppehele-Gossel, Lena-Marie Weinmann, Ansgar Klimke et al.
5 citations
The present study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional quality of dreams, the incorporation of pandemic-related themes, and the occurrence of lucid dreaming. Dream reports and lucidity ratings of psychiatric outpatients (n = 30) and healthy controls (n = 81) during two lockdowns in Germany were compared to those of healthy controls (n = 33) before the pandemic. Results...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
December 31, 2022
Mathilda Skeie-Larsen, Rebekka Stave, Janne Grønli et al.
Nightmares are highly prevalent and distressing for the sufferer, which underlines the need for well-documented treatments. A comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis of the effects of different pharmacological placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials, covering the period up to 1 December 2022, was performed. Searches were conducted in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsychInfo,...
Research in psychotherapy
December 29, 2022
Cristina Marogna, Chiara Masaro, Vincenzo Calvo et al.
Working with dreams in groups allows an understanding of phenomena that characterise the unconscious as a total unity. The dreamer becomes the vehicle of emotions, fantasies, and anxieties that dominate the group at a given moment, allowing them to be understood and processed. The analysis of shared dreams can further our understanding of emotional concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Clinical Psychology Review
December 17, 2022
Bryony Sheaves, Stephanie Rek, Daniel K. Freeman
Nightmares occur across a wide range of psychiatric disorders, but outside of PTSD presentations are infrequently considered a treatment priority. We aimed to assess evidence for a contributory causal role of nightmares to the occurrence of psychiatric disorders, and vice versa. A systematic review was conducted of longitudinal, experimental, and clinical trial studies. Twenty-four...
Frontiers in Psychology
December 14, 2022
Jiaxi Wang, Bin Song, Xiaoling Feng et al.
Introduction: Dreaming is the subjective experience during sleep. A spontaneous thought is a thought that comes to one's mind involuntarily. This study investigated whether presleep focusing on a positive spontaneous thought enhanced the possibility of dreaming of the thought. Methods: Ninety-seven participants were quasi-randomly assigned to an expression condition (focus on an spontaneous...
theses.fr
December 1, 2022
Jean-Baptiste Maranci
Les émotions sont un aspect marquant des rêves : elles pourraient jouer un rôle dans le maintien du bien être des individus en traitant les souvenirs négatifs et en préparant aux menaces à venir. Elles surviennent surtout lors des rêves de sommeil paradoxal (SP), qui comporte une paralysie musculaire, une activité EEG rapide et des mouvements oculaires rapides (MOR). Comprendre si ce rôle de...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
December 1, 2022
Michael Schredl, Anellka Remedios, Silvia Marin-Dragu et al.
8 citations
Dream recall frequency and lucid dream frequency showed large inter-individual differences that are partly related to personality dimensions. However, as dream research is a small field, independent studies are necessary to build a solid empirical foundation. The present online survey included 1,537 participants (1150 women, 387 men) with a mean age of 35.1 ± 15.8 years. Whereas the...