Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind

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A leading sleep expert reveals the latest science behind the dreaming brain and why we have nightmares-offering helpful insights into lucid dreaming, and how to control your sleep and dreams to improve your health. People think of nightmares as something to forget about, to leave behind in the dark of night, to make our peace with having no control over. But over the past few years, bad dreams started showing up everywhere. Social media was filled with #CovidDreams and stories of how our suddenly bizarre and fearsome daily lives were interweaving into dream content. Michelle Carr assures us that there is an upside to nightmares, an advantage to facing these inner demons at night, from helping us deal with difficult events in life to providing a safe space to practice responding to potential real-life threatening scenarios. At the extreme though, nightmares can seep into our waking lives and harm our mental health. This crossover is especially true for those who have faced significant trauma, but ...