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Episode 159: Dreams: Daymares and Nightmares
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We might awaken from nightmares frightened or sad, but as soon as we wake up we realize it was just a dream. Even if we find our dreams disturbing, we know they are dreams. Yet when we fall into low mood thinking or get stuck on troubled memories or entertain fears during the day, we don't call them "daymares." We don't realize we can "wake up" and put those thoughts behind us. We're always thinking. Thoughts come to mind. If they are distressing, they affect our feeling state and we can hop on a train of negative thinking. But when we know we just got caught up in some negative thoughts, they have no more power than nightmares, just temporary intrusions into the moment.
192 episodes
Manage episode 413541783 series 2794462
We might awaken from nightmares frightened or sad, but as soon as we wake up we realize it was just a dream. Even if we find our dreams disturbing, we know they are dreams. Yet when we fall into low mood thinking or get stuck on troubled memories or entertain fears during the day, we don't call them "daymares." We don't realize we can "wake up" and put those thoughts behind us. We're always thinking. Thoughts come to mind. If they are distressing, they affect our feeling state and we can hop on a train of negative thinking. But when we know we just got caught up in some negative thoughts, they have no more power than nightmares, just temporary intrusions into the moment.
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