How Your Subconscious Builds Lucid Dreams_ Psychology for Sleep
A dream of falling. A dream of being chased. A dream of showing up to an exam you did not study for. These are not random. They are the fingerprints of anxiety. Your brain is processing fears that your waking mind cannot or will not face.Anxiety changes the content of your dreams. It makes them more frequent, more vivid, and more negative. It increases the likelihood of nightmares. It shortens the time between REM cycles, meaning you spend more of the night in the dream state. The amygdala, the brain's fear center, is hyperactive during REM sleep in anxious individuals. The prefrontal cortex…
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