With lucid dreaming, the self simply retreats fully back into the consciousness which is resident in the light body itself. In that mode it is able to effect alterations upon its physical body that can be beneficial. It also removes one from the trauma itself psychological or physical that needs remediation. This can include identifying a psychological avatar and carefully isolating it so it will no longer interfere with ones normal thinking.
Here we see one such therapy applied.
This all suggests bye the bye that even a badly damage mind can by progressively repaired and made functional again. Merely understanding the true independence of consciousness and that this consciousness can be a partner in engineering a solution.
As you can see, i have become much more optimistic regarding the general remediation of mental illness and how suspect that almost all will achieve optimal physical health and general mental health as almost our birthright.
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How Lucid Dreaming Could Help PTSD and Give Psychological Insights
By Tara MacIsaac, Epoch Times | September 21, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/971969-how-lucid-dreaming-could-help-ptsd-and-give-psychological-insights/
The universe is full of mysteries that challenge our current
knowledge. In "Beyond Science" Epoch Times collects stories about these
strange phenomena to stimulate the imagination and open up previously
undreamed of possibilities. Are they true? You decide.
A
lucid dream is a dream in which a person realizes he or she is dreaming
and is able to consciously interact with the dream. People can learn to
dream lucidly through various techniques (discussed later). Some
psychologists use lucid dreaming to treat trauma victims, including
veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Psychophysiologist Stephen LaBerge, who received his Ph.D. from
Stanford University, has also said that studying lucid dreams may
greatly help us better understand the phenomenon of dreaming; unclear
dreamer-recall has always been a great hindrance to studying dreams, but
lucid dreamers are able to remember their dreams with greater clarity.
They are also able to perform actions in dreams following the
instructions of researchers.
Treating Trauma
Psychiatrist J. Timothy Green treated a Vietnam War veteran who had
recurrent nightmares about the time he saw his best friend killed in
battle.
It was the same every time. His friend would fall, and blood would flow from his neck until he finally died.
“Because his dream was always the same, I suggested he pick one
particular moment in the dream and each night as he fell asleep to
mentally and emotionally visualize himself back in that particular
moment and remind himself that he was dreaming. He decided to use the
moment when he found that his buddy had died as the signal he was
dreaming,” Green wrote in an article on Therapist-Psychologist.com.
The veteran followed Green’s advice and was able to realize he was
dreaming when he saw his friend. He was then able to redirect the dream,
telling his friend the war was over and they were going home. The
friend didn’t die this time, but instead got up smiling and walked away.
The nightmare that had haunted this man for three decades did not return.
Green hypothesizes that nightmares are either subconscious attempts
to make the individual aware of something, or they are “a psychological
attempt to end a difficult, even terrifying event, in a less traumatic
manner.”
“During lucid dreams, the individual is able to face the frightening
images in his or her dreams and have the dream end in a more favorable
and less traumatic manner,” Green wrote.
Neuroscientist and science writer Bill Skaggs noted that people who dream more often are also likely to be depressed.
“People who are very severely depressed often show an excess of REM sleep—the type of sleep in which dreams occur,” he wrote in a post on Quora.com.
“Reducing the amount of REM sleep is an effective way of reducing the
level of depression, at least temporarily.” Whereas eliminating REM
sleep—eliminating dreams—is a temporary solution, Green helps patients
change the dreams for more lasting results.
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