Dream Quotes by Shelby Harris

13 Dream quotes by Shelby Harris

Shelby Harris’s reflections on dreaming are succinct yet resonant, offering a quick sense of how she frames ambition and imagination within everyday life.

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There are other people that think that dreams actually do serve a purpose. But what that purpose is, we're not really sure.…

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There are some people who believe that dreams really are just kind of a throwaway thing. They are just a way of…

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Really, a nightmare just really has to evoke some sort of, we call it, dysphoric emotion or something uncomfortable. You could be…

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So the older models, when you look at Freudian, when you look at Jungian thought, and there's still people who really -…

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If there's a lot of fear that's going on, if there's a lot of anxiety, it's manifesting itself in your nocturnal world…

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Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when…

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When it comes to the reason why we have nightmares, we're still debating that. It's a new area of research, nightmares. And…

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There's some debate as to whether you need to awaken from them because there are some patients who are actually starting to…

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Nightmares are distinctly different from dreams in the way that people feel them and experience them. So a lot of people think…

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There are people who have repetitive nightmares. And what happens is their brain is trying to process the stress and help their…

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So when you're in REM sleep, your brain is very active, our body is quiet, but your brain is really processing a…

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So you have it, you awaken from it and you can recall, in detail, what just happened, that's a nightmare. So it's…

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People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in…

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When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely…

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We try not using medications initially, and we use something called behavioral therapy for insomnia. This changes behaviors people do in bed, none of…

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And you cycle throughout so that you do about five to six cycles throughout the night. And we spend more time in REM later…

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Night terrors are very different from nightmares. A lot of people will think they're the same, but they're really not. Night terrors - you…

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We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people…

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Some patients are still having insomnia, but it's seems worse to them than actually it is. So, if they say they're sleep deprived, they…

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Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when you're in…

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So you have Sleep Stage One, Two, and then Three/Four. One is a little bit lighter stage of the quiet, non-REM sleep and then…

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The other option we have are medication treatments. So you'll have the treatments such as Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and we'll also have Rozerem and…

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So, sleep deprivation, and sometimes an insomnia, which is a little bit of a different form, but just getting a lack of sleep, can…

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So when it comes to circadian rhythms, it's a clock that's basically programmed in our body. So if you think back to times when…

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There's confusional arousals, there are states in deeper sleep that can happen where people will go and they'll disappear and they'll take on some…

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So someone who is a child usually goes to bed about 8:00 or 9:00 at night, but then when they have a circadian rhythm…

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People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in a lot…

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