Scientists Can Now Turn Your Nightmares Into Dreams!

Scientists have found a way to turn your nightmares into dreams and you won't guess how.

Researchers have conducted a 2-week study in Switzerland to help tackle ‘Nightmare disorder’.

It usually occurs during rapid eye movement aka REM sleep.

Scientists have found that ‘treatment memory reactivation’ could be the solution.

This involves manipulating emotions in people’s dreams.

According to the study by ’Current Biology’, there is a relationship between the emotional experiences in dreams and an individual’s well-being.

At the beginning of the study, all the individuals were treated with normal imagery rehearsal therapy

Where the patient is asked to recall the nightmare and change the storyline from negative to positive.

And rehearse the new scenario until they next go to sleep.

However, half of the group received treatment for memory reactivation also.

These participants were exposed to a sound when they were rehearsing the new positive dream scenario, to pair the two things.

The same sound was also played to them during REM sleep.

At the end of the study, it was revealed that the patients who had also been treated with TMR had less frequent nightmares, more positive dreams, and a decrease in nightmares after 3 months.

More research is needed to fully test its efficiency but it's a pretty cool concept right?!

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