“Nocturnal Consciousness and Its Importance for the Exploration of Psychopathology”
…In fact, the dream sleep stage…has been suggested as a model for schizophrenia…and there is some evidence that psychosis may be conceptualized as sleeping mentation entering the waking state… The various nocturnal consciousness characteristics that have been related to stress, negative emotion, or psychopathological symptoms include—but are not limited to—traumatic and non-traumatic nightmares…, recurrent dreams…falling asleep…, dream bizarreness, and hypnagogic hallucinations…” Nirit Soffer-Dudek – Consciousness and Psychopathology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel – Frontiers in Psychology, journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00733/full
“Lucid dreams are unique among atypical sleep experiences because they promote resilience instead of psychopathology, says Soffer-Dudek” – Soffer-Dudek, N. (2017) – Arousal in nocturnal consciousness: How dream- and sleep-experiences may inform us of poor sleep quality, stress, and psychopathology. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(733)
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