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Science of Dreams
Take a look at scientific evidence connecting dreams and waking life.
Explore correlations between dreams and mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
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Anxiety
Adults
GAD
Peaceful
Nightmares
Stress
Symbols
Children
Women
Culture
Trauma
Sex
Alexithymia
Waking Life
Emotions
Lockdown
COVID-19
Dream Diary
PTSD
Depression
Suicide
Antidepressants
Dream Recall
Divorce
REM
Postpartum Depression
adults with anxiety

Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) experience more bad dreams compared to those without GAD

Anxiety,

Adults,

GAD

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a person with Peaceful face

Feeling peaceful in daily life is linked to positive dream experiences

Anxiety,

Peaceful

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adults with anxiety

People with anxiety disorders have longer, more negative, and intense dreams

Anxiety,

Nightmares

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image that links dreaming and waking life

Dream content is often symbolic and represents aspects of waking life

Anxiety,

Stress,

Symbols

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child having a nightmare

Children with separation anxiety are more likely to have frequent nightmares

Anxiety,

Children

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A woman that remembers a very long dream

Higher levels of trait anxiety were associated with longer dream reports in women

Anxiety,

Women,

Trait Anxiety

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Italian and Canadian

Cultural differences are observed in dream content: Italians showed higher levels of animal imagery and location changes in their dreams compared to Canadians

Anxiety,

Culture

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Nightmare vs a bad dream image

Nightmares are more common and have stronger links to well-being compared to bad dreams

Anxiety,

Nightmares

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Children healing from mental trauma

Children who experienced trauma recalled their dreams more often

Anxiety,

Children,

Trauma

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Image that depicts sex in dream [not graphical, something that can be perceived by the society/media

Participants with higher levels of anxiety report more dream content related to sexuality

Anxiety,

Sex,

Symbols

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Teenage boys and girls having dreams

Adolescent girls have a higher prevalence of disturbing dreams compared to boys

Anxiety,

Children

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a person without emotions on his face

Alexithymia trait can have an impact on the richness and quality of dream experience

Anxiety,

Trait Anxiety,

Alexithymia

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show a depressed person in waking life and in a dream, interconnected

Depression and anxiety in waking life were related to corresponding characteristics in dream content

Anxiety,

Waking Life

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show a stressful day and a peaceful dream on the same picture

The level of stress we feel during the day doesn't predict the emotional tone of our dreams at night

Anxiety,

Emotions

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Covid-19 image

34% of participants experienced an increase in dream recall during the COVID-19 lockdown, with the most common dream themes related to feelings of inefficacy, human threat, death, and the pandemic.

Anxiety,

Lockdown,

COVID-19

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Italians in COVID

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Italians experienced more frequent nightmares and dreams compared to before.

Anxiety,

Lockdown,

COVID-19

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emotions reflected in the dream,

Dreams can reflect and process our emotions and experiences from waking life

Anxiety,

Lockdown,

COVID-19

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Dream Diary image

Dreams of people with anxiety disorders had more negative emotions, failures, and aggressive interactions, while positive elements were less common

Anxiety,

Dream Diary

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A nightmare image

There is a connection between having frequent nightmares and experiencing anxiety

Anxiety,

Nightmares,

PTSD

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image of an aggressive dream

Anxiety can influence the content of dreams, causing them to be more negative, sad, and aggressive

Anxiety,

PTSD

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Dream Diary image

People with anxiety disorders experienced more intense and vivid emotions and had more aversive dreams.

Anxiety,

Dream Diary

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a tired person having a nightmare

People who are depressed, have trouble sleeping, or feel very tired are more likely to have nightmares often

Depression,

Nightmares

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Italian during COVID-19 lockdown

During the COVID-19 lockdown, people in Italy reported having more dreams and nightmares than usual.

Depression,

COVID-19

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Person with many dreams

During the first COVID-19 lockdown, many people reported remembering more dreams. The dreams often involved themes of feeling ineffective, being threatened by others, death, and the pandemic.

Depression,

COVID-19

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Prevented suicide

Therapies that help reduce dream anxiety and emotional pain might help prevent suicide.

Depression,

Suicide

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image of Antidepressant medications

Antidepressant medications can effect dream recall.

Depression,

Antidepressants,

Dream Recall

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image of a nightmare

People who have nightmares often are more likely to commit suicide.

Depression,

Suicide

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an image of a stressful event

Distressing life events precipitate disturbing dreams in several forms.

Depression,

Nightmares

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poor mental health image

Having nightmares often is linked to poorer mental well-being.

Depression,

Nightmares

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image-if-antidepressant-pills-and-a-dream

Antidepressant therapy can help people with depression remember more dreams and remember them more clearly.

Depression,

Antidepressants,

Dream Recall

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an image of a depressed person that sees a dream

People with major depression often feel anxious about their dreams.

Depression,

Anxiety

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a person trying to recall his/her dream

Depressed patients have significantly lower dream recall.

Depression,

Dream Recall

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a person is having a dream. Dream picture is bleak/grey

Depressed patients have fewer dreams and those dreams were less vivid and detailed.

Depression,

Dream Recall

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a person has a dream with just 1 character/person in it

Depressed patients have fewer characters in their dreams and especially fewer strangers.

Depression,

Dream Recall

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person recalling 3 dreams

As patients recover from depression, their dream recall rate increases.

Depression,

Dream Recall

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person going through a divorce

Persons who are depressed during a stressful time in their lives, and who incorporate the stressor directly into their dreams appear to "work through" their depression more successfully

Depression,

Divorce

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a person with a fading dream

People who have a hard time describing their feelings or who think in a very concrete way tend to place less importance on their dreams and have less rich dream experiences.

Alexithymia,

Depression,

Trait Anxiety

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a person sleeping with "REM" writing

Individuals with suicidal tendencies had shorter periods before entering REM sleep and spent more time in REM sleep

Depression,

Suicide,

REM

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a depressed person having a bad dream

Poor sleep, bad dreams, and emotional pain might be linked to suicide in people suffering from severe depression

Depression,

Suicide,

Bad Dreams

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a woman going through divorce

Women going through a divorce had more threatening themes in their dreams compared to married women.

Depression,

Divorce

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a drawing of antidepressant pills

Antidepressants generally decrease dream recall frequency, and tricyclic antidepressants induce more positive dream emotions. Withdrawal from certain antidepressants may cause nightmares.

Depression,

Antidepressants

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a drawing of a depressed lady with a new-born baby

Dreams of pregnant women can differentiate among women who are or are not at risk for postpartum depression.

Depression,

Postpartum Depression

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a person has a dream, and at the same time is an observer

People with depression tended to describe their dreams differently - they used fewer words, often saw themselves as outside observers in their dreams.

Depression,

Dream Recall

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a person meditating

Meditation affects dream imagery and mood. Meditation can make dreams less negative, and individuals are better able to derive meaningful insights from them.

Depression,

Anxiety

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a woman having a nightmare

People with depression who frequently have nightmares, especially women, are more likely to have suicidal tendencies.

Depression,

Suicide,

Women

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