Healing Through Sleep

Talking about trauma may not always be beneficial; it can sometimes exacerbate emotional responses rather than alleviate them. Prioritizing the calming of the sympathetic nervous system before sleep is crucial for adaptive rest. During REM sleep, the emotional system is active, but the absence of norepinephrine allows for the separation of intense emotions from cognitive memories, facilitating healing and reducing the impact of traumatic experiences.

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- Is it right to say that if someone had a childhood trauma that wasn't processed back then, when they start to address this trauma in adulthood, they could begin to have dreams or nightmares about it, especially during REM sleep? Once the brain has new information that could potentially change the narrative around the trauma, and the person is consciously working to take off the emotional load during their waking hours, could the brain also reprocess the old narratives and emotional trauma during REM sleep?

Healing Through Sleep

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