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    Techniques to help change your dreams

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An estimated 8% of adults suffer from chronic nightmares and if you -- if that is the can't sleep because of some bad dreams well not to worry.

We have some ways to turn this nightmares -- sweet dreams for you doctor Shelby Harris is the director of behavioral sleep medicine.

And not -- your medical center and she joins us now.

Good morning doctor Harris good to see you good morning thanks for having me so why do we have these nightmares so others can.

Start for a very -- -- number of reasons for some people it's just -- response to stress and anxiety that's going on -- life for other people can be due to certain medical illness says other people going to be -- or trauma that might have happened and we change our nightmares for many people you can't daddy's.

There's there's various techniques one is just going some people go to therapy and they talk about that and that can help for some people but -- not the most effective option -- -- rehearsal therapy -- IRS TIR -- is very effective for many people.

What is IRT so I am teasing -- Therapy that really hasn't been around for very long at all what it is is it's about understanding that.

Nightmares and -- images that you're having -- if you can practice imagery during the day closing her eyes seeing something seeing a beach ball.

Then you can actually do the techniques and it's about taking a nightmare and not the scariest -- -- you have.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The day if you're thinking about that nightmare than change it change the shady -- and spend five minutes picturing the new -- in your hat okay.

Number three and match in the new version of the nightmare for five minutes Scotty dissent that -- -- sit there for five minutes and really picture it from start to finish and don't.

Try not to think about that original -- there.

Now people I have friends may want -- analyzed they want to interpret their dreams do you recommend doing.

You know for some people who have occasional nightmares it could be helpful if you want to figure out what the root of it is that for most people have had chronic nightmares for years and years.

The -- not really serving any purpose and to continue analyzing it actually can sometimes make them worse.

So to do something like this where you're stopping nightmares can help overall.

What's the worst night near the you always hear that so many of your patients have you know a lot of people have the one that they're being chased by some minds always some sort of different location usually dark Alley or something like that and then usually wake up when -- right so let's go practice areas for the IRT how would you change that so.

I don't ever atomic patient what to do you come up that on your -- So one of my favorite examples is with like seven year old who was being chased in the -- and he decided to change it so that -- -- the guys still chasing him but now they were Hershey -- And -- -- land and he turned around and right when was about to grab the man.

He turned into chocolate and you know how great -- so.

It's a great tool for parents to teach their kids exactly how else can do the exact same thing wonderful great doctor Harris thanks -- being what that's just my thoughts -- nightmare problems thank you so much for -- welcome it's too.

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