Chemistry of the Night-Mare - Food Drug or Psychosis?

[Bob]

Nightmares - warm blooded mammals have them as well as REM (Rapid Eye Movement) during periods of sleep.

Reptiles to not have REM. Interesting ? Do reptoids dream?

If one's dreaming and having nightmares, and 'good' dreams chances are, ur not a reptoid :)


"These visions (dreams and nighmares) that you 'see' are actually part of your brain process that awakens you out of sleep and confuses you by giving you all these vivid dreams,"

Brain chemistry

Dr. Kingman P. Strohl, Professor of Medicine at Case Medical Center and a Sleep Medicine specialist at 'University-Hospitals', examined patients who experience recurring nightmares.

Sleep specialists say nightmares are not a common side effect of prescription medications, but users are reporting terrifying dreams while taking dozens of drugs.

Are you taking any of these drugs?

Nightmares have been reported with using prescription and over-the-counter:


ADHD drugs: Ritalin, Vyvanse, Adderall
AIDS drugs: Sustiva
Antianxiety drugs: Cymbalta, EffexorT
Antibiotics: Cipro
Antidepressants: Tricyclics (Elavil, Tofranil, Remeron); SSRIs (Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro, Celexa);
Non-tricyclics (Wellbutrin); MAOI inhibitors (Nardil)
Antihistamines
Antiseizure drugs: Phenobarbital, Klonopin, Valpax
Dementia drugs: Aricept, Risperdal, Exelon
Heart medications: Beta blockers (Tenormin, Nadolol); also Digoxin, Coumadin
High blood pressure drugs: ACE-inhibitors (Vasotec); calciumchannel blockers (Plendil, Sular, Covera); also: Kapvay, Nexiclon, Cozaar
Pain relievers: Naproxen, Ketamine, morphine
Parkinson's disease drugs: Symadine, Symmetrel, Requip
Schizophrenia drugs: Clozapine, Risperdal, Zyprexa
Sleep Aids: Restoril, Halcion, Ambien, Lunesta
Smoking-cessation drugs: Chantix, nicotine patches, Zyban
Statins: Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor


Also certain 'street-drugs'.. i.e. "spice" (danger will robinson danger !)

Background

A nightmare is a dream occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep that results in feelings of strong terror, fear, distress or extreme anxiety. This phenomenon tends to occur in the latter part of the night and oftentimes awakens the sleeper, who is likely to recall the content of the dream.

Most nightmares may be a normal reaction to stress, and some clinicians believe they aid people in working through traumatic events. Frequent occurrence of nightmares becomes a disorder when it impairs social, occupational and other important areas of functioning. At this point, it may be referred to as Nightmare Disorder (formerly Dream Anxiety Disorder) or "repeated nightmares."

"Repeated nightmares" is defined more specifically as a series of nightmares with a recurring theme. Nightmares usually begin in childhood before age 10 and are considered normal unless they significantly interfere with sleep, development or psychosocial development.

They tend to be more common in girls than boys, and they may continue into adulthood. Adult nightmares are often associated with outside stressors or exist alongside another mental disorder. Nightmares might be associated with anxiety and trauma.

A closer look at dreaming might help in understanding nightmares.

Dreaming and REM Sleep

We typically spend more than two hours each night dreaming. Scientists do not know much about how or why we dream. Sigmund Freud, a major influence in psychology, believed dreaming was a "safety valve" for unconscious desires.

Only after 1953, when researchers first described REM in sleeping infants, did scientists begin studying sleeping and dreaming carefully.

They soon discovered that the strange, illogical experiences we call dreams almost always occur during the REM part of sleep.

While most mammals and birds show signs of REM sleep, reptiles and other cold-blooded animals do not.

REM sleep begins with signals from the pons, an area at the base of the brain. These signals travel to a region called the thalamus, which relays them to the cerebral cortex-the outer layer of the brain responsible for learning, thinking and organizing information.

The pons sends signals that shut off neurons in the spinal cord, causing temporary paralysis of limb muscles.

If something interferes with this paralysis, people will begin to physically act out their dreams-a rare, dangerous problem called REM sleep behavior disorder.

For example, a person dreaming about a baseball game may run into furniture or inadvertently strike a person sleeping nearby while trying to catch a ball in the dream.

REM sleep stimulates the brain regions used in learning, which may be important for normal brain development during infancy.

This would explain why infants spend much more time in REM sleep than adults. Like deep sleep, REM sleep is associated with increased production of proteins.

One study determined that REM sleep affects learning certain mental skills. People taught a skill and then deprived of non-REM sleep were able to recall what they had learned after sleeping, while people deprived of REM sleep were not.

Some scientists believe dreams are the cortex's attempt to find meaning in the random signals received during REM sleep. The cortex is the part of the brain that interprets and organizes information from the environment during consciousness.

One theory suggests that, given random signals from the pons during REM sleep, the cortex, attempting to interpret these signals, creates a "story" out of fragmented brain activity.

Other than using the drugs:

Withdrawal from medications and substances, including alcohol and tranquilizers, may trigger nightmares. If you notice a difference in your nightmare frequency after a change in medication, talk with your health care practitioner.

Sleep deprivation may contribute to adult nightmares, which themselves often cause people to lose additional sleep. Though it's possible, it has not been confirmed whether this cycle could lead to nightmare disorder.

There can be a number of psychological triggers that cause nightmares in adults.

For example, anxiety and depression can cause adult nightmares.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also commonly causes people to experience chronic, recurrent nightmares.

Nightmares in adults can be caused by certain sleep disorders.

These include sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome. If no other cause can be determined, chronic nightmares may be a distinct sleep disorder. People who have relatives with nightmare disorder may be more likely to have the condition themselves.

Sleeping
Position
1) Sleep face down. A study from Hong Kong Shue Yan University shows that people who sleep face down are more likely to have dreams about being tied up, smothered, and other nightmarish themes.

Note that this may also increase the likelihood of erotic or sexual dreams..

If not sleeping on your stomach, the next most "nightmarish" sleeping position may be lying on your back, followed by lying on your left side.

Foods
2) While eating spicy (smoke cured), salty, or fatty foods (tyramine forming hard cheeses) are commonly believed to cause nightmares, scientists are divided over the exact effect of these substances. Some argue that the disruption of the sleep cycle may even slow down the onset of dreaming, potentially resulting in fewer dreams or nightmares. Others think they may increase dream intensity, at least in some people, and suggest that each person pay attention to his own body's response.

Vitamins
3) While the effect of vitamin B6 on dreams is not thoroughly studied, many people swear by its ability to increase the vividness of dreams. One study suggests that it may be effective, either due to an effect on the dreaming process itself, or an enhancement of one's ability to remember dreams. B12 has been reported to increase dream memory and vividness.

Nutmeg Allergy (spice frequently used in holiday beverages, come beers)
4) https://www.erowid.org/plants/nutmeg/nutmeg_info1.shtml

Drug and food combinations
5) MAO inhibitors - Monomine Oxidase Inhibitors and certain foods can create not just nightmares but extreme headaches, high cerebral blood pressure, strokes and death


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Sources/References - https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/nightmares

[avid]

None of the above thankfully - just supreme exhaustion (no time for night-time-mares) due to constant hungry demented pussy-cat yeowlings :eek:
I have turned into a zombie, get up, feed cat, pat pat pat, strokey platitudes, sneak under the covers, start drifting off and the squishing claws are upon me yet again within an hour....., repeat for 6 hours, cat exhausted and replete, time for me to get up.
See example: w0ffwDYo00Q
Sympathies to those who have the chance of a remembered nightmare - get a daft cat!

[TargeT]

my daily DMT trips (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Strassman) are thankfully peaceful, no terror or fear for me.

since I do meet a few of the above "items that cause nightmares" I'd say this list is anything but concrete and that, again, humanity is far more complex than a list.

[avid]

When I was on various SSRI drugs years ago, the side-effects were horrendous, especially during the time I decided to stop taking them, the reasons for taking them were compounded multiple times during 'withdrawal'. Never let your doctor give you multiple prescriptions of these ghastly drugs, people - especially the vulnerable young, are suicidal on them. Years ago I posted the hidden research data (see example here (http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/testimony1.html)) from the Big Pharma on their drug-testing, and hidden evidence of severe and fatal effects, yet they were deemed OK to prescribe. Greedy, immoral and evil profiteers are involved. NEVER take an SSRI drug. Try natural Evening Primrose, or go for counselling.

[Bob]

Food Triggers

The Hidden Triggers: Tyramine or Phenylethylamine

While what triggers a migraine is different for everybody, the most common food culprits out there contain tyramine or phenylethylamine, two amino acids found in chocolate, aged or fermented cheese (including cheddar, blue, Brie, and all hard and “moldy” cheeses), soy foods, nuts, citrus fruits, and vinegar (both red and balsamic).

Leftovers

Because tyramine content increases over time, especially if food is improperly stored, migraine sufferers should avoid eating leftovers.

Be mindful of this when eating at parties or at the office — both are typical places where food is left unrefrigerated for long periods. If you do need to store food, be vigilant about using airtight containers. (References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyramine)

Nitrites (yum bacon...)

Hot dogs, deli meats, and pepperoni all contain nitrites, another common trigger for migraines. Used mostly as a preservative and for added flavor, nitrites are also found in sausages (including chicken, turkey and soy sausages), jerky (beef and turkey), corned beef, or other foods that have been cured, smoked, pickled, or canned. To stay safe, look for nitrite-free varieties of these items at the grocery store and steer clear of them when dining out.

Tannins

Tea, red-skinned apples and pears, apple juice and cider, and red wine all contain tannins, plant compounds most notable for giving the foods that contain them their astringent taste (or that dry, puckering sensation in your mouth). The evidence is only anecdotal at this point, but tannins seem to be a strong, consistent trigger for some individuals.

Sulfites

Sulfites, another preservative, are commonly found in most dried fruits (including prunes, figs, and apricots), wine (white and red), and many processed foods. Check labels carefully to avoid this sneaky migraine trigger.

Common Additives

Many other food additives are also known to increase the chances for a migraine. Check labels carefully and avoid foods that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), yeast extract, hydrolyzed or autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), hydrolyzed plant protein (HPP), sodium caseinate, and kombu extract (often used in Japanese foods).

Aspartame

Some people report that aspartame, a common artificial sweetener, can also be a migraine trigger. Take note when partaking of diet beverages, light yogurts, sugar-free candies, low-calorie desserts, and other foods and beverages made with this artificial sweetener (also known as NutraSweet and Equal) to see whether they are a migraine trigger for you.

Phenylethylamine - Foods With Phenylethylamine

Chemically similar to amphetamine, phenylethylamine is a mild alkaloid stimulant produced naturally in your body as a byproduct of the amino acid phenylalanine. A handful of foods made from cocoa beans contain phenylethylamine, or PEA. If, however, you prefer not to gorge yourself with chocolate, you can help boost levels of PEA in your body by consuming foods rich in phenylalanine. PEA is also available in supplement form. Obviously consult your health care practitioner before self-treating with PEA.

Chocolate is Rich in PEA

In “Nutrition for Dummies,” author Carol Ann Rinzler observes that your body naturally releases PEA when you’re in love, which helps to account for that feeling of good all over. Although chocolate has been a favorite of lovers for centuries, it was not until the late 1980s that scientists discovered that the tasty treat was a rich source of PEA, which Rinzler suggests may help to explain its longtime popularity. In the interest of full disclosure, she points out that chocolate’s high content of the stimulants caffeine and theobromine and the cannabinoid anandamide might also be contributors to chocolate’s almost universal appeal. (references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_phenethylamine)

PHENETHYLAMINE though, is a potentially highly dangerous molecule. It is something which combines with other brain and body chemistry (and food chemistry) to create many forms of psychotic inducing substances, i.e. the substances from those hard cheeses, TYRAMINE. (references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substituted_phenethylamine)


Dark side of Chocolate

(Source (http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-dark-side-of-dark-chocolate/))

What is PEA? PEA is in the same chemical family as amphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), mescaline (found in peyote), and all sorts of illicit substances, but it’s also a human neurotransmitter involved in mood regulation, and we endogenously manufacture psychoactive amounts of PEA in our own bodies on a regular basis. Does this mean our central nervous systems are basically meth labs? No. PEA is an important neurotransmitter that helps regulate mood and can trigger the release of dopamine and norepinephrine. Some have even called it the “love hormone.”

Besides, oral PEA isn’t active unless you inhibit monoamine oxidase, the enzyme that breaks it down and prevents it from reaching the brain. Taking a MonoAmine Oxidase Inhibitor PLUS Chocolate could be a dangerous combination..

If you want to get the stimulatory and other psychoactive, potentially negative effects of PEA, you have to take a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) along with it. In fact, since depressed people have lower levels of PEA and related metabolites, concurrent PEA and MAOI supplementation has been shown to improve mood and have anti-depressant qualities. Chocolate also improves mood, although via polyphenol action, not PEA. Perhaps depressed people who tend to eat more chocolate are actually (and successfully) trying to self-medicate.

Are we chocolate-eaters safe from excessive PEA, then? A recent study posits a connection between chocolate, PEA, and Parkinson’s disease, and in vitro research suggests a mechanism for PEA-induced neurodegeneration. But they’re talking about endogenous PEA – the kind that’s made in the body and gets to the brain – not chocolate-derived PEA. And another study found that PEA levels are depressed in patients with Parkinson’s disease, so there’s no clear answer either way.

LIST of published MAO-I's (MonoAmine Oxidase Inhibitors)

The danger of taking a MAOI and the tyramine and phenylethylamine substances (from the foods, cheeses, beers) is immense..

Marketed drugs

Nonselective MAO-A/MAO-B Inhibitors

Hydrazines

Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Nialamide (Niamid)
Phenelzine (Nardil, Nardelzine)
Hydracarbazine

Non-Hydrazines

Tranylcypromine (Parnate, Jatrosom)

Selective MAO-A Inhibitors

Moclobemide (Aurorix, Manerix)
Pirlindole (Pirazidol) (available in Russia)
Toloxatone (Humoryl) (available in France)

Selective MAO-B Inhibitors

Rasagiline (Azilect)
Selegiline (Deprenyl, Eldepryl, Emsam)
Linezolid is an antibiotic drug with weak MAO inhibiting activity.

Drugs withdrawn from the market

Nonselective MAO-A/MAO-B Inhibitors

Hydrazines

Benmoxin (Nerusil, Neuralex)
Iproclozide (Sursum)
Iproniazid (Marsilid, Iprozid, Ipronid, Rivivol, Propilniazida) (discontinued worldwide except for France)
Mebanazine (Actomol)
Octamoxin (Ximaol, Nimaol)
Pheniprazine (Catron)
Phenoxypropazine (Drazine)
Pivalylbenzhydrazine (Tersavid)
Safrazine (Safra) (discontinued worldwide except for Japan)

Non-Hydrazines

Caroxazone (Surodil, Timostenil)]

Selective MAO-A inhibitors

Minaprine (Cantor)


SUMMARY - Foods to Avoid
Chianti wine, vermouth, beer, whiskey, liqueurs, and non-alcoholic beer and wine.
Banana Peels
Tofu, miso, nattou, and any other fermented soy product.
Broad Bean Pods
All hard cheese should be avoided. Cream cheese and cottage cheese are safe to eat.
Smoked, fermented, pickled or otherwise aged fish.
Ginseng
L-tyrosine
Protein Extracts/Supplements
Smoked, fermented, pickled or aged meat. This includes sausage, pepperoni, salami, etc.
Sauerkraut
Shrimp Paste
Yeast Supplements

Foods to Restrict
These foods can be eaten in very small quantities, but it is important to be careful.
All alcoholic beverages not mentioned above
Avocados, especially overripe
Caffeine
Chocolate
Dairy Products
Nuts, particularly peanuts, coconuts and brazil nuts
Raspberries
Soy Sauce
Spinach

Medicines to Avoid
This is a partial list. If you are taking ANY prescription medication, it is important to check and make sure that it is not contraindicated with MAOIs. If an MAOI is taken with the wrong medication, it may cause serious illness or even death.

Amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, opiates, barbiturates, decongestants & allergy medications, cold medications, diet pills, methylphenidate, asthma inhalers, meperidine, levodopa, dopamine, carbamazapine, certain antihypertensive medications, sympathomimetic amines (direct & indirect acting) including psuedoephedrine & ephedrine, SSRI and tricyclic anti-depressants.



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[avid]

Trying to keep a child free of these toxins in today's supermarket experiences are slim, as the names of substances such as 'aspartame' keep changing. Sulphites and MSG also don't just induce migraines, they upset the digestive tract to possibly cause (through repetitive use) IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and that is such a nightmare for those whose lives are totally altered due to regimes it causes.
Bob - thanks for introducing this thread, as so many people can relate to these poisons affecting their lives. How to avoid is crucial. Obesity - the implication of these additives and fakeries is 'immense' (pardon the innuendo).
If only we were educated properly, and not subjugated in poverty to 'fast-food toxicity', we may be a healthier people.
On an aside, in the early 60's, in the UK fat people were very rare, and were ridiculed, food was natural, and unadulterated. I visited the USA on a scholarship, and was shocked at how many obese people were there, but still rare in today's terms. On my last visit to USA in 1999, it would seem that 'obese' in USA was normal! Today, trash-tv depicts most USA inhabitants as obese, it is accepted, in fact 'butt additions' are actively promoted. Has everyone gone mad? We should not accept the media portrayal of a GMO-poisoned humanity as 'normal', we have been duped by the 'Monstersantos' et al. Whomsoever is in charge of this trait should be brought to justice.. (a triangular wink).

Sorry Bob - the 'nightmare' theme with all your inferences to toxins and migraines inadvertently jogged me 'off course'. I wanted to lighten the load a little earlier with my lack of sleep and evidential dreams, I do have flashes from my dead parents, but that is normal in my circumstance. Anyone especially on SSRI's, and the substances on the vast listings should respond here.
Thank you, Avid

[Bob]

Types of common nightmares - " the bad dream 'trip' "

PLEASE do not add ludicrous "jokes", but real experienced nightmare dreams/visions

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Demon on the chest (sleep paralysis nighmare)


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the hearing voices, demons in the 'head' all hours of the day and night (waking and sleeping nightmares)


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common factors - mouth (being eaten consumed), eyes (terrible red eyes in one's dream looking at one)

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[Bob]

Trying to keep a child free of these toxins in today's supermarket experiences are slim

[..] all your inferences to toxins and migraines inadvertently jogged me 'off course'. I wanted to lighten the load a little earlier with my lack of sleep and evidential dreams, I do have flashes from my dead parents, but that is normal in my circumstance. Anyone especially on SSRI's, and the substances on the vast listings should respond here.
Thank you, Avid

That would be the nightmare, would it not?

to view it is to discharge it (talk about it with the idea of clearing it).. we'll get into solutions that folks have tried to alleviate "nightmares" in a subsequent post..

[avid]

You can be quite 'persuasive' at times Bob, but we'll see what crawls out of the 'nightmare' scenario.;)

[Bob]

Peter Watts writes in Psychotic Dreams and Strange Extremes..

Where do you start with dreams?

People say you’re asleep when you dream, but you’re not really; it’s just that the input you’re consciously processing is generated internally, instead of coming from outside.

It’s a kind of consciousness that believes the most ridiculous things, though.

Your best friend doesn’t look anything like your best friend actually does in real life. Your girlfriend is a biker chick with three thick hairs the diameter of birch saplings growing out of her head. Doesn’t matter; you recognize them instantly and without the slightest whiff of discontinuity.


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You can fly, in dreams. Converse with the dead. Oozing octopus suckers sprout across your face for no reason. You swallow it all, without reservation, without question. In terms of critical analysis, dreams are the Tea Party of cognitive states.

It’s only upon waking that you realize, in retrospect, how utterly absurd it all was.

The circuits you have to thank for that belated insight lie in a little strip of tissue along the orbitofrontal cortex.


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They say it acts as a reality-checker, tells you whether the input you’re processing makes sense or not.

It doesn’t always get it right, even when you’re awake; if someone actually does turn into someone else in the middle of a conversation, or if a building really does disappear without warning in the background, you’re not likely to notice it consciously because that OFC censor throws it into the garbage before you’re aware of it.
(INJURIES TO THIS AREA interfere with one's perception of what is real or not..)

Usually the censor is powered down during sleep.

Sometimes, though, it works overtime. That’s when you realize, mid-dream, that you are dreaming. That’s when you can take the reins and control the narrative, become the architect of your perceived reality instead of its passive observer-victim. That’s when dreams turn lucid.

Once I was in a hotel elevator when it went rogue: shot right out through the roof like a cannonball, fifty stories up, and plummeted towards the earth. I realized this made no sense, conjured up a little control panel out of the wall, talked the elevator car— which now had panoramic wrap-around windows— into sprouting stubby little wings, and glided us down to a soft nighttime landing on a coral reef (which we could now explore at leisure because the elevator car also doubled as a submarine. It was awesome).

That’s a rare level of control in my experience, though. More often I simply remember at the worst possible time that people can’t fly, or the red wagon I’m riding shouldn’t be able to travel in space even if I did tie two lengths of 2×4 onto its gunwales— and suddenly I’m tangled in high-tension wires twenty meters up, or what I thought was flying turns out to be, on closer inspection, just me hanging off a climbing rope in some high-school gym whose dingy roof and rafters have been coated with a thin layer of blue paint and some cheesy cartoon clouds.

Sometimes the recognition that I’m dreaming is more of a Hail-Mary, when I realize that the Thing In The Basement isn’t going to leave me alone and I might as well just get it over with and hurl myself into its maw. The dream generally changes channels at that point.

Sometimes, though— sometimes dreams are positively inspirational.

Ramanujan was inspired by the Hindu Pantheon. I got inspired by this.


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Ramanujan’s dreams were inspired by the Hindu Pantheon. Mine were inspired by this.

Kekulé dreamed the structure of the benzene molecule.


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Ramanujan swore that the mathematical theorems he derived were served up to him in dreams by Hindu deities.

The solution to my own Master’s thesis came to me in a dream (although I wasn’t nearly as excited by that revelation as I was by another dreamed insight, a solution to the age-old problem of how to build a walking beachball: I had the blueprints right there in my head).

So you are asleep when you dream, and you are awake. Dreams are unconnected to reality; dreams provide fundamental insights into reality.

Dreams reduce you to passive observer; dreams elevate you unto godhood.


Or to paraphrase what Corlett et al report in a recent paper that Sheila Miguez pointed me to: dreams make you psychotic.

They mean this in the clinical, not the Gamergate sense: psychotic as in dissociated from reality, unable to distinguish fact from hallucination.

(On second thought, maybe they mean it in the Gamergate sense after all.)

Perhaps psychotics are merely dreamers who have not awakened, sleepwalkers whose experiences are not being properly filtered through the Orbitofrontal cortex.

reference: http://www.deeptrancenow.com/dreaming.php

[amor]

Lock the cat out of your bedroom and use a fan.

[amor]

If you can't sleep, go for a swim somewhere or drink warm milk with sugar in it. Drugs are deliberate murder. Give them the finger and live.

[amor]

Do everything you can to avoid buying packaged foods. Eat simply--wash it, peel it, eat it or if you have to cook it do as little of that as you can get by with. Baking meats kills all sorts of bad things. If you get headaches, your body has poison in it. Drink lots of water and urinate it out. Eat oats and bran every day and the poison will go away. Keep away from cancer alley in the supermarkets and read all labels. If that doesn't turn you into farming, nothing will. Live long and prosper. Spock died at 83 because he did not take his own advice.

[Flash]

dreams are the Tea Party of cognitive states


you’re not likely to notice it consciously because that OFC censor throws it into the garbage before you’re aware of it.
(INJURIES TO THIS AREA interfere with one's perception of what is real or not..)


dreams make you psychotic.

LOL the Tea Party of cognitive states - making no sense

I would have modified this by nightmares are the observer's state of Tea Party's dreams. lollllllllll

And we also have a description of the Tea Party's brain dysfunctions of the brain to end up with the psychiatric definition of the Tea Party's mind

I had fun reading this thread

Thanks Bob

[earthdreamer]

I like how Carl Jung approached his life's memoirs in "Memories, Dreams, Reflections", an autobiography that dispenses with a straight-up personal chronicle of achievements. Powerful dreams throughout his remembered lifetime affected him as much or more than actual waking experiences in ways. I think that many nightmares I've experienced have profoundly affected my psyche. Memories of certain nightmares remain with me as much as many "real" events that affected me. A fever induced nightmare that frightened me as a 4 or 5 year old remains unforgotten. Obviously, we may remember nightmares more vividly than other dreams because of their potency. Surely lots of drugs will induce nightmares, and diet too, even the anxieties of living in the polluted landscape of post-industrial civilization must affect the dreamer. Like the historical anecdotes and ancients myths 'Bob' references, nightmares are, and always have been, universally inherent in our archetypal psyches whatever chemicals weave through our brains.

[avid]

A little addition to this are precognitive dreams. My partner had terrifying dreams of flying for years, and was necessitated to fly across the world on assignments. He eventually had these repetitive dreams of 'flying through the air to blackness' so often, he resigned his position, as the dreams became so frequent. His 'grounding himself' caused problems at work, but as an engineer, the company adjusted him to more research-based work. Within a few months, we went out one evening, caught a 'black-cab' home (without seat belts in 1986), and the cab ran a red light at high speed, crashing into another private hire vehicle. Partner projected out at great speed through a smashed window, cracked his neck, and facially scarred. I remained inside the taxi, hangmans fracture (C2, but also C3 and C4 cracked), multiple injuries due to 'rotation of vehicle' and was very ill for many months. Since then, partner's dreams stopped. He resumed air travel without qualms. He's had no more repetitive nasty dreams since then!!! I got better eventually, but have movement limitations in my neck!
Bringing a bit of reality from the 'dream world'....

[avid]

I like how Carl Jung approached his life's memoirs in "Memories, Dreams, Reflections", an autobiography that dispenses with a straight-up personal chronicle of achievements. Powerful dreams throughout his remembered lifetime affected him as much or more than actual waking experiences in ways. I think that many nightmares I've experienced have profoundly affected my psyche. Memories of certain nightmares remain with me as much as many "real" events that affected me. A fever induced nightmare that frightened me as a 4 or 5 year old remains unforgotten. Obviously, we may remember nightmares more vividly than other dreams because of their potency. Surely lots of drugs will induce nightmares, and diet too, even the anxieties of living in the polluted landscape of post-industrial civilization must affect the dreamer. Like the historical anecdotes and ancients myths 'Bob' references, nightmares are, and always have been, universally inherent in our archetypal psyches whatever chemicals weave through our brains.

From childhood, one also remembers nightmares, as you say. When in a fever all I remember are armies of evil needles advancing on me (aged 3), and aged 8 on tooth extraction during anaesthetic hearing a piece of distorted music, which terrified me, and I can still remember it vividly. The brain protects you, and warns you through memories? I am careful with dentists, and do not have irrelevant needles during any medical procedure. No vaccinations.

[Bob]

The amygdala is somewhat of a routing system for fight or flight, and a lot of fear is routable pretty instantly for the body to deal with an impending emergency.. The OFC (orbito-frontal-cortex) is the switchboard to "rationality", or a way to decide if the 'threat' absolutely needs to be dealt with, or if we are dealing with "bull"..

http://brainmadesimple.com/uploads/7/8/8/5/7885523/_4755829.png

If we are able to meditate or focus through the OFC, we can sort out our fears..

There is a LOT to the OFC and understanding how to 'keep one's head out of the clouds', and ground through the OFC let's us see if we are getting REAL data, or some program or irrational fear, or 'irrational programming' drilled into us from outside sources..