Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

dream state, which is the reason why lots of people learn the fundamental lucid dreaming steps. A lot of cultures from ancient times took lucid dreaming very seriously. For instance, people living in ancient Egypt thought that dreams opened up the eyes of a person to truths, solutions, and advice that were hidden. In fact, lots of temples were devoted to dream incubation by ancient Egyptians. A lot of time in learning the numerous…

I. Attention Getter: The world of imagination available to us in our sleep is probably taken for granted by many. However, no one can disagree to the mysteriousness of dreams. II. Topic Clarification: To the end of exploring this mystery, and hopefully clarifying it, we can at least look to patterns in dreams. More specifically, we can look to the particular types of dreams that we can distinguish. III. Roadmap: In this speech, I will describe three of them. I will take you through the…

ever wondered what really happens when you sleep? Through this research you will learn: who Sigmund Freud is, what he did and the different stages of sleep. These stages consist of stage one, two, three, four and lastly the REM stage, or rapid eye movement stage. Sleep not only has to do with rejuvenating yourself, but also with the brain. The brain controls most of what happens in your sleep and daily life. All the stages of sleep combined takes 90 to 110 minutes. Sigmund Freud is an Austrian…

have mad inventions to track lucid dreaming. The NovaDreamer is probably one of the most famous devices. The original mask was discontinued in 2004 and later the NoveDreamer 2 was released. The NovaDreamer lucid dream mask works by detecting Rapid Eye Movement (REM) while he or she is asleep and dreaming. The mask then flashes a series of lights through their closed eyelids; a stimulus which becomes incorporated into their dream. This will then cue him or her to realize they are dreaming. This…

Wondering about what a dream means is something every human being has done at least once. Also, we have wondered about the content of our dreams, and why they are always related to the things we have around us. There are several theories that could help us to answer these questions. These questions have been around for many years, so there are biological and psychological theories that could explain them. People had been wondering about what a dream means for ages. In fact, in 3000-3500 B.C.…

Why do we dream? This unanswered question has been puzzling the masses for thousands of years. But answering this question is easier said than done because to this day we are still unsure, in spite of this science working alongside psychology has been able to piece together several informative and fascinating documentations of why they think we dream. The history of dreams, modern man was not the first to develop the obsession for analyzing our dreams, dream interpretations go back several…

Though there are many things that I have learned after reading through 11 chapters of the textbook, the module that stands out to me the most is the 7th. Module 7 is about sleep and dreams and it’s actually quite fascinating to read about. It pretty much explained everything from the basic biology of sleeping all the way through how dreams have to do with personal life. There is a difference between sleeping and dreaming and you don’t need one to have the other. Dreaming while not sleeping is…

Every individual dreams; however, some people are affected more than others. Dreams are sequences of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Most occurring during rapid-eye movement or REM—when brain activity is high and resembles being awake. Many believe that dreams are a connection to an individual’s subconscious. Sigmund Freud, a scientist in the early 1900s performed extensive studies on dreams, including their…

During REM sleep, rapid eye movement occurs as we dream and the brain becomes more active causing faster brain waves and deeper sleep. Most of our sleep occurs in the NREM sleep stages where brain waves are slower. The restoration theory states that NREM sleep is needed to restore…

While we fall asleep each night more than we realize actually happens, in fact it is such a crucial part of our health we could not function day to day without it. Our bodies break our sleep up into five stages. The final stage is rapid eye movement (REM), and also the most important. According to the National Institute of Health, “During REM sleep, your brain and body are energized and dreaming occurs” (What is). REM sleep is triggered by signals sent to different areas of our brain, these…