RE: how do atheists explain nightmare
December 26, 2021 at 11:22 am
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2021 at 11:24 am by Rahn127.)
Dreams tap memories stored in connections between brain cells, which the hippocampus tracks as they form.
Activity increases in brain regions that control movement and process optical inputs, like the visual and motor cortices, which likely create what we “see” and “do” in our dreams.
The almond-shaped amygdala helps generate feelings like fear, anger, and anxiety.
The anterior, or front, portion of the cingulate, a semicircle in the brain’s center, influences motivation and decision-making—and can switch on while we’re snoozing.
During REM, neuroscientists see suppression of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is critical for executive functions like directing attention, solving problems, and reasoning.
Basically, your brain is still working but it's not operating as it normally would while you are awake.
Your visual cortex can create all kinds of images and then your amygdala reacts to those images causing you to feel certain emotions.
Bad dreams can have many sources, but in my own life, I notice bad dreams when there is chaos in my life, things out of my control. My grandson has bad dreams and I've been trying to help him through it the same way I got through mine and this may not work for everyone but seems to have worked for the two of us. He tells me he hasn't had any bad dreams for at least a week and that's a beginning.
I dealt with mine by creating powers in my dreams and by realizing that they were dreams. In the dream world, I was king. I had the ability to stand up to anything and anyone in my dreams. Knowing that you can do anything you want, you still have to enact it. You still have to provide the will to do it. You have to be brave in the face of fear.
Once you can brave in difficult situations, then you can harness other attributes of your mind and help control bad dreams, even when you don't remember having them.
I don't know if this will help anyone else, but once you take control of any situation you have in your life, your fear of the unknown should diminish.
Activity increases in brain regions that control movement and process optical inputs, like the visual and motor cortices, which likely create what we “see” and “do” in our dreams.
The almond-shaped amygdala helps generate feelings like fear, anger, and anxiety.
The anterior, or front, portion of the cingulate, a semicircle in the brain’s center, influences motivation and decision-making—and can switch on while we’re snoozing.
During REM, neuroscientists see suppression of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is critical for executive functions like directing attention, solving problems, and reasoning.
Basically, your brain is still working but it's not operating as it normally would while you are awake.
Your visual cortex can create all kinds of images and then your amygdala reacts to those images causing you to feel certain emotions.
Bad dreams can have many sources, but in my own life, I notice bad dreams when there is chaos in my life, things out of my control. My grandson has bad dreams and I've been trying to help him through it the same way I got through mine and this may not work for everyone but seems to have worked for the two of us. He tells me he hasn't had any bad dreams for at least a week and that's a beginning.
I dealt with mine by creating powers in my dreams and by realizing that they were dreams. In the dream world, I was king. I had the ability to stand up to anything and anyone in my dreams. Knowing that you can do anything you want, you still have to enact it. You still have to provide the will to do it. You have to be brave in the face of fear.
Once you can brave in difficult situations, then you can harness other attributes of your mind and help control bad dreams, even when you don't remember having them.
I don't know if this will help anyone else, but once you take control of any situation you have in your life, your fear of the unknown should diminish.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result
