Nightmare Obscura
A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind
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- $329.00
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- $329.00
Descripción editorial
A leading sleep expert reveals the latest science behind the dreaming brain and why we have nightmares— offering key insights into how harnessing dreams can improve your sleep and health.
To most, dreams are things that slip away when we reemerge into the waking world, their remnants jumbled up and only half recalled. At their best, they are populated by pleasant recollections and surreal experiences. But at their worst, they can be traumatizing and prevent us from receiving the necessary benefits of sleep.
So why do we dream at all? What makes a person prone to nightmares? How do our bodies interface with our brains when we’re not awake? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives?
In Nightmare Obscura, dream researcher Michelle Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body. Drawing on her expertise in nightmares, lucid dreaming, and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering, she reveals how we can revolutionize our sleeping—and waking—health.
Published in the UK as Into the Dream Lab
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sleep scientist Carr debuts with a stimulating account of cutting-edge research into dreams. Scientists now believe dreams are essential to brain function, playing roles in learning, emotional processing, problem solving, and creativity, Carr explains. The dreaming brain connects and recombines disparate memories to produce new ideas (dreams are said to have inspired Paul McCartney to compose "Yesterday" and Dmitri Mendeleev to envision the periodic table). But when dreams go wrong, they can bring about a host of mental and physical problems. Chronic nightmares, for example, which often result from trauma, have been linked to anxiety and depression and are a risk factor for suicide. Carr details treatments for nightmares, such as imagery rehearsal therapy, in which the patient recalls the bad dream while awake and imagines a new ending, and takes readers inside the world of "dream engineering," revealing how sensory inputs, like lights, sound, temperature, and vibrations, can influence dreams. She provides step-by-step instructions for those who want to try these techniques at home, and her detailed and accessible survey of current research will keep readers glued to the page. This is a windfall for those curious about their dreams.
