• Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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    8 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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      2 days 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.