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SheltieLover

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Fri Oct 28, 2022, 07:56 PM Oct 2022

Nightmares Can Be Silenced With a Single Piano Chord, Scientists Discover [View all]

https://www.sciencealert.com/nightmares-can-be-silenced-with-a-single-piano-chord-scientists-discover/amp

Using non-invasive techniques to manipulate our emotions, it might be possible to curtail the screaming horrors that plague our sleep.

A study conducted on 36 patients diagnosed with a nightmare disorder showed that a combination of two simple therapies reduced the frequency of their bad dreams.

Scientists invited the volunteers to rewrite their most frequent nightmares in a positive light and then playing sound associated with positive experiences as they slept.

"There is a relationship between the types of emotions experienced in dreams and our emotional well-being," says psychiatrist Lampros Perogamvros of the Geneva University Hospitals and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Much more at link.

I hope this is helpful for anyone suffering night terrors.

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