JAKARTA - Bad dreams that occur repeatedly can be an annoying experience. Not only does it interfere with sleep quality, but it can also affect a person's mental and emotional condition.

If you experience this incident, you are not alone. Repeated dreams are quite a common phenomenon. Research shows that 75 percent of adults have experienced it at least once in their lives.

This dream comes in various forms. There are similar themes, locations and characters. However, there are also details that really resemble every time a nightmare occurs over and over again.

Experts still don't fully understand why we have repeated nightmares. But recent research is starting to reveal patterns in its frequency and content, as well as situations that trigger it.

Recent studies reinforce the old idea that recurring dreams are often negative. This was revealed by Michael Schredl, head of a laboratory at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany.

Schredl explained that dreams usually overestimate things from real life. Repeated nightmares can also be experienced because of small feelings or trivial situations that make us feel helpless.

"In dreams, these emotions become much bigger, although the relationship is not always clear," he said, quoted by VOI from the Livescience page on Wednesday, January 29.

Psychology and neuroscience offer additional clues. We tend to experience negative bias, namely a tendency to focus more on thoughts, emotions, or unpleasant social interactions compared to positive things.

This behavior is rooted in our conscious subsidiaries to resolve negative situations that threaten survival. This negative bias may be exacerbated during sleep because our brains reduce activity in areas associated with linear logic and activate parts related to emotions, thereby weakening between thoughts and feelings.


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