Bad Dreams Help Us Deal with Unpleasant Emotions
May 12th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Bad dreams are extremely common. In fact, studies show that most of our dreams are not happy ones. Unpleasant dreams may be the brain’s way of helping us process our stressful thoughts and emotions, according to researchers from Yeshiva University in New York.
Emotional regulation may be the primary function of REM sleep, the sleep stage during which most dreams occur. [...]
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