About 2% - 5% have multiple nightmares per week.
The biggest difference between nightmares and night terrors is the sleep phase. Night terrors are in deep sleep or in a transition into a deep sleep. Where nightmares happen in rapid eye movement. With nightmares, you know that you're dreaming. So you have a clear storyline. You don't have a storyline in the night terror. During a nightmare or after a nightmare, you know quite quickly that you're awake and you had a nightmare and it was just a dream.
Jaap Lancee is an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. His research mostly focuses on nightmares and insomnia. His research focuses on how we can improve treatment.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 What are nightmares?
00:29 Is there a link between nightmares and other disorders?
00:59 What is the purpose of nightmares?
01:48 Do nightmares have symbolic meaning?
02:59 Do people have shared dreams?
03:47 How can you stop having nightmares?
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29 июн 2024
