• Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I think it kinda does. I have recurring dreams of confronting symbolic wounds and anxieties and with every night it happens I make just a little more progress.

      • MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        You’re actually spot on - REM sleep specifically helps process emotional memories and reduces the amygdala’s reactivity to those same triggers when you’re awake, kinda like emotional thereapy happening while you sleep.

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      6 days ago

      Well it certainly processes them to make it easier for you. Except PTSD, that takes ages.