A new study shows that listening to positive sounds while sleeping reduces the frequency of nightmares.
For people with clinically diagnosed"nightmare disorder," learning to redirect disturbing dreams to more positive ones is usually the return ticket to sleep.
"This is a promising development. It does appear that adding a well-timed sound during REM sleep augments the effect of image rehearsal therapy…which is a standard and perhaps one of the most effective non-pharmacologic therapies at this time," said Timothy Morgenthaler, MD, in Morgenthaler, who was not involved in this latest study, is lead author of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's current guidelines on nightmares.
, interpersonal conflict, and failure, and emotions like fear, anger, and sadness." Nightmare disorder is characterized as having such dreams so frequently that they cause"significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning." The study, conducted in Switzerland, enrolled 36 participants with nightmare disorder.
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