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Nightmare obscura. A dream engineer's guide through the sleeping mind / Michelle Carr.
Loaned to Another Library BF1099.N53 C377 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Michelle, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nightmares.
- Dreams--Psychological aspects.
- Dreams.
- Sleep--Research.
- Sleep.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Dream engineer's guide through the sleeping mind
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
- Summary:
- "A leading sleep expert reveals the latest science behind the dreaming brain and why we have nightmares-offering key insights into how harnessing dreams can improve your sleep and health. To most, dreams are things that slip away when you reemerge into the waking world, their remnants jumbled up and only half recalled. At their best, they are populated by pleasant recollections and surreal experiences. But at their worst, they can be traumatizing and prevent us from receiving the necessary benefits of sleep. So why do we dream at all? What makes a person prone to nightmares? How do our bodies interface with our brains when we're not awake? And how can we harness our sleeping minds to improve our waking lives? In Nightmare Obscura, dream researcher Michelle Carr unlocks the science behind the sleeping body, exploring the relationship between dreams and mental health, with a deep dive into the neuroscience behind some of the most interesting aspects of dreaming: nightmares, lucid dreams, and the cutting-edge field of dream engineering." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: How dreams work. The scaffolds of the dreamworld
- The dreaming brain
- Part II: Why dreams and nightmares matter. Why dream at all?
- When are nightmares a problem?
- Part III: Working with dreeams and nightmares. Treating nightmares and going lucid
- Engineering dreams
- Part IV: Where else is dreaming relevant? Bad dreams and health
- Sleep on it: Dream skills
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781250342720
- 1250342724
- OCLC:
- 1478323924
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