JAKARTA - Many studies have explored dreams. There are also many questions lined up about where beautiful dreams come from and how they can be haunted by nightmares. In the study of psychology, dreams are often recognized as one of the themes carried by Sigmund Freud.
Theory after theory developed and Freud's inscriptions became the main reference. This does not limit the development of scientific research on dreams. Ancient cultures often associated dreams with mystical things. He said, dreams are a way of communicating with the divine.
In the 19th and 20th centuries the investigation of dreams became more profound through the framework of psychoanalytic study. Previously, Plato and Aristotle also interpreted dreams as expressions of the subconscious. Psychoanalysis has proposed that dreams are a battlefield between unconscious and unfulfilled desires.
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., author of Beauty Sleep and clinical psychologist pointed out in a study how nightmares are related to waking life experiences. Experiences of stress, trauma, and fear affect him.
Reporting from Gizmodo, Thursday, April 15, Staley Krippner, a psychologist at Saybrook University, California, said that dream function is adaptive.
"When you feel happy during the day, you have sweet dreams at night," explains Krippner.
Recalling events that make your mind calm is also one way to have sweet dreams based on Krippner's research.
Dreams are closely related to the work of the brain before and during sleep. The brain has stored memories and learning which are assets to face 'dangers' in real life. Dreams are also related to mental health.
People who experience anxiety and depression experience more frequent nightmares in their sleep. This is evidenced in a study involving 47 participants. Participants were asked to write a diary or dream journal every day for three weeks.
They were asked to record in detail the events in a dream after waking up. From the results of the participants' dream journals, they are grouped into two, namely positive and negative emotions. Positive emotions include entertainment, gratitude, and love. Meanwhile, negative emotions include ridicule, disgust, and hatred.
Before writing a diary containing their dreams, this study asked participants to answer a questionnaire. The questionnaire contains questions related to anxiety, depression, and satisfaction.
Another study found 80 percent of people with post-traumatic stress disorder experience nightmares related to their trauma. Meanwhile, people who have anxiety also experience unpleasant dreams.
As a closing question, how can you get peace of mind and be physically and mentally healthy so that you have beautiful dreams while sleeping?
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