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Dr. Baland Jalal

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531 total appearances

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

She now goes to bed, right? And she has never had, by the way, she's never had sleep paralysis before, right? For the first time, she will have sleep paralysis now. She will wake up the next day and she will have sleep paralysis again. A few days later, she'll have it again.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

She now goes to bed, right? And she has never had, by the way, she's never had sleep paralysis before, right? For the first time, she will have sleep paralysis now. She will wake up the next day and she will have sleep paralysis again. A few days later, she'll have it again.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And then a month later, it's become chronic at this point and she'll go tell other people about it and they will have it too. And then you might be asking, why is this the case? What's going on? And this is the idea. We think that, first of all, the grandmother implanted these ideas into her brain about what sleep paralysis is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And then a month later, it's become chronic at this point and she'll go tell other people about it and they will have it too. And then you might be asking, why is this the case? What's going on? And this is the idea. We think that, first of all, the grandmother implanted these ideas into her brain about what sleep paralysis is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And then a month later, it's become chronic at this point and she'll go tell other people about it and they will have it too. And then you might be asking, why is this the case? What's going on? And this is the idea. We think that, first of all, the grandmother implanted these ideas into her brain about what sleep paralysis is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

When she's now sleeping in her bed, she will have nocturnal arousal, meaning the emotional part of the brain will be hyperactive during the REM stage. And she will engage in this hyperconformatory behavior where she will... monitor any paralysis sensations saying, is something holding me down? Is something choking me?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

When she's now sleeping in her bed, she will have nocturnal arousal, meaning the emotional part of the brain will be hyperactive during the REM stage. And she will engage in this hyperconformatory behavior where she will... monitor any paralysis sensations saying, is something holding me down? Is something choking me?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

When she's now sleeping in her bed, she will have nocturnal arousal, meaning the emotional part of the brain will be hyperactive during the REM stage. And she will engage in this hyperconformatory behavior where she will... monitor any paralysis sensations saying, is something holding me down? Is something choking me?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

She's looking for an explanation for this now. And then whenever, and because of her emotional centers being hyperactive, whenever she feels something, she'll go, my God, this is it. This is it. And she'll open her eyes. And then the emotional, the hippocampus and all the narrative part of the brain will spill over into the experience.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

She's looking for an explanation for this now. And then whenever, and because of her emotional centers being hyperactive, whenever she feels something, she'll go, my God, this is it. This is it. And she'll open her eyes. And then the emotional, the hippocampus and all the narrative part of the brain will spill over into the experience.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

She's looking for an explanation for this now. And then whenever, and because of her emotional centers being hyperactive, whenever she feels something, she'll go, my God, this is it. This is it. And she'll open her eyes. And then the emotional, the hippocampus and all the narrative part of the brain will spill over into the experience.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And she will literally see whatever her grandmother was telling her. Now, you might say, why then does it happen a few days later? Well, that created profound fear. And so a few days later, she will have anxiety and stress, which will predispose her. We've shown that anxiety and stress predisposes you. So she will have it again two days later and three days later.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And she will literally see whatever her grandmother was telling her. Now, you might say, why then does it happen a few days later? Well, that created profound fear. And so a few days later, she will have anxiety and stress, which will predispose her. We've shown that anxiety and stress predisposes you. So she will have it again two days later and three days later.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And she will literally see whatever her grandmother was telling her. Now, you might say, why then does it happen a few days later? Well, that created profound fear. And so a few days later, she will have anxiety and stress, which will predispose her. We've shown that anxiety and stress predisposes you. So she will have it again two days later and three days later.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And at this point, she'll go, my God, I'm possessed. It's no longer just one episode. This monster is chronically possessing me and it's coming after me.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And at this point, she'll go, my God, I'm possessed. It's no longer just one episode. This monster is chronically possessing me and it's coming after me.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

And at this point, she'll go, my God, I'm possessed. It's no longer just one episode. This monster is chronically possessing me and it's coming after me.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

It is kind of a possession.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

It is kind of a possession.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
533. Dreams, Nightmares, and Neuroscience | Dr. Baland Jalal

It is kind of a possession.