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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Why does my brain choose to relive my worst nightmare over and over?
« on: 30/05/2017 00:48:37 »I had a difficult time a number of years ago and since then I have had frequent nightmares about the event. The nightmares are so real that when I awake I am terrified and my head hurts! If I am affected badly by this particular nightmare why does my brain choose to re-run it over and aver again?
Reexperiencing a traumatic event into a recurrent nightmare is fairly common for PTSD patients. Lucid Dreaming Therapy (LDT) and medications may help for treating PTSD-associated nightmares.
See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2919672/
I hope this helps.
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