Dr. Matthew Walker

There have been some failed replications with that medication. I'll tell you that right now, but nevertheless, it is usually one of the first line medication treatments now for PTSD veterans for nightmares. So that's the first benefit of dreaming. I would say that you can then argue, well, how do you disentangle that from just REM sleep that they're getting?

There have been some failed replications with that medication. I'll tell you that right now, but nevertheless, it is usually one of the first line medication treatments now for PTSD veterans for nightmares. So that's the first benefit of dreaming. I would say that you can then argue, well, how do you disentangle that from just REM sleep that they're getting?

Rosalind Cartwright, who has now passed away, great sleep researcher back in the 1980s, was looking at her patients she was treating psychologically who were going through really tough experiences, bereavement, divorce, and they were very depressed. And around the time of those events, she was measuring their dreams, getting dream reports.

Rosalind Cartwright, who has now passed away, great sleep researcher back in the 1980s, was looking at her patients she was treating psychologically who were going through really tough experiences, bereavement, divorce, and they were very depressed. And around the time of those events, she was measuring their dreams, getting dream reports.

Rosalind Cartwright, who has now passed away, great sleep researcher back in the 1980s, was looking at her patients she was treating psychologically who were going through really tough experiences, bereavement, divorce, and they were very depressed. And around the time of those events, she was measuring their dreams, getting dream reports.

And then she did a follow-up study one year later, and about half of those patients had gained remission in terms of their depression. They'd got better. The other half had not. So she then went back a year previous and looked at the dream reports and split them on the basis of those who ended up getting remission and improving versus those who didn't. Both of those groups were getting REM sleep.

And then she did a follow-up study one year later, and about half of those patients had gained remission in terms of their depression. They'd got better. The other half had not. So she then went back a year previous and looked at the dream reports and split them on the basis of those who ended up getting remission and improving versus those who didn't. Both of those groups were getting REM sleep.

And then she did a follow-up study one year later, and about half of those patients had gained remission in terms of their depression. They'd got better. The other half had not. So she then went back a year previous and looked at the dream reports and split them on the basis of those who ended up getting remission and improving versus those who didn't. Both of those groups were getting REM sleep.

both of those groups were dreaming that was not the difference the difference was that those people who got remission at the time of the event were dreaming about the experiences themselves those people who had REM sleep who were dreaming but didn't dream of the events that they were experiencing did not gain remission in other words it's not just sufficient to have REM sleep.

both of those groups were dreaming that was not the difference the difference was that those people who got remission at the time of the event were dreaming about the experiences themselves those people who had REM sleep who were dreaming but didn't dream of the events that they were experiencing did not gain remission in other words it's not just sufficient to have REM sleep.

both of those groups were dreaming that was not the difference the difference was that those people who got remission at the time of the event were dreaming about the experiences themselves those people who had REM sleep who were dreaming but didn't dream of the events that they were experiencing did not gain remission in other words it's not just sufficient to have REM sleep.

It's not even sufficient to dream. You have to be dreaming about the difficult things that you're going through in order to get that overnight therapy benefit. So that to me was a demonstration that it's something about the act of dreaming above and beyond the stage of sleep. Does that make some contorted sense? The second benefit of dreaming is very different. It's creativity and ingenuity.

It's not even sufficient to dream. You have to be dreaming about the difficult things that you're going through in order to get that overnight therapy benefit. So that to me was a demonstration that it's something about the act of dreaming above and beyond the stage of sleep. Does that make some contorted sense? The second benefit of dreaming is very different. It's creativity and ingenuity.

It's not even sufficient to dream. You have to be dreaming about the difficult things that you're going through in order to get that overnight therapy benefit. So that to me was a demonstration that it's something about the act of dreaming above and beyond the stage of sleep. Does that make some contorted sense? The second benefit of dreaming is very different. It's creativity and ingenuity.

Because during deep sleep, deep non-realm sleep, that's when the brain takes the new memories that you've formed and it cements them. It sets them like amber, like a fly trapped in amber into your brain. It cements them into the architecture so that you don't forget. So deep sleep hits the save button on individual memories.

Because during deep sleep, deep non-realm sleep, that's when the brain takes the new memories that you've formed and it cements them. It sets them like amber, like a fly trapped in amber into your brain. It cements them into the architecture so that you don't forget. So deep sleep hits the save button on individual memories.

Because during deep sleep, deep non-realm sleep, that's when the brain takes the new memories that you've formed and it cements them. It sets them like amber, like a fly trapped in amber into your brain. It cements them into the architecture so that you don't forget. So deep sleep hits the save button on individual memories.

But memories that sit like isolate islands in your brain are largely useless because that's the old laptop. Your laptop was even better at storing individual pieces of information than your brain ever was. But you're far more intelligent. Why? Because you don't just simply have isolate pieces of information. Your brain richly interconnects them together.

But memories that sit like isolate islands in your brain are largely useless because that's the old laptop. Your laptop was even better at storing individual pieces of information than your brain ever was. But you're far more intelligent. Why? Because you don't just simply have isolate pieces of information. Your brain richly interconnects them together.

But memories that sit like isolate islands in your brain are largely useless because that's the old laptop. Your laptop was even better at storing individual pieces of information than your brain ever was. But you're far more intelligent. Why? Because you don't just simply have isolate pieces of information. Your brain richly interconnects them together.