Can Lucid Dreaming Help Erase Anxiety and PTSD?

Chris Engel 9/12/135:45 PM

"From sorting out relationship woes to combating post-traumatic stress disorder, experts are finding new ways lucid dreaming can heal the mind....

"A paper published earlier this year in the journal Medical Hypotheses suggests that lucid dreaming can have therapeutic uses beyond easing personal troubles. Researches argue that it could be used to help understand consciousness and its disturbances, provide therapy for recurrent nightmares, and assist in the rehabilitation of motor disorders.

"While there is anecdotal evidence of people ridding themselves of anxiety, the majority of the research has focused on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and nightmares...."

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/mental-can-lucid-dreaming-treat-anxiety-and-ptsd-091013

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