ConsciousnessConsciousness

The awareness of, or the possibility of knowing what is happening inside or outside the organism.

Sleep StagesSleep Stages

5 Stages of sleep.NREMREM

Stage 1Stage 1

10 minutesBody relaxes.Brain waves slow down.Dreamlets occur.

Stage 2 & 3Stage 2 & 3

Stage 2: 10 – 15 min. Brain waves

Stage 3: 10 – 20 min. Low voltage waves every few seconds.

Stage 4 – DEEP SLEEPStage 4 – DEEP SLEEP

Large regular Delta waves.State of oblivion.Incubus attacksSleep talkingSleep walkingBed Wetting with no trace in memory.

REM SleepREM Sleep

Rapid Eye MovementBrain waves resemble the awake state.Pulse Rate and Breathing Irregular.Vivid dreaming takes place.Sleeper is “Paralyzed”

Night CycleNight CycleCycle through stages every 90 minutes.Each cycle stage 4 decreases.Each cycle REM stage increases.

Night TerrorsNight TerrorsAutonomic reaction:elevated heart raterapid breathing perspiration

Physical reaction: Sleepers will bolt uprighteyes wide openoften scream

Sleep ApneaSleep ApneaPauses in breathing while asleep (pause can

be up 5 seconds to several minutes)Person is unaware of disturbed sleep

InsomniaInsomnia

Sleep disorder marked by the inability to fall asleep or to reach deep sleep.

Interpretation of DreamsInterpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud 1900

Physical Function = Dreams allow sleep to continue undisturbed.

“Dreams help the psyche protect and satisfy itself”.

Dream Diaries Dream Diaries

Manifest content: The dream story.

Latent content: The hidden or built up anxieties.

““Dream is a wish fulfillment”Dream is a wish fulfillment”

Freud was aware of permissiveness in dreams, they allow actions beyond moral restrictions.

Symbols: Sexual???

“sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”

Sleep DisordersSleep Disorders

InsomniaSleep ApneaNarcolepsy

Sensory Deprivation Sensory Deprivation

1951 Brainwash study (hsi nao)Subjects not able to see hear or touch

anything.

ResponseResponse

IrritabilityRestlessnessEmotionally upsetVivid Sensory Imagery

HypnosisHypnosis

Anton Mesmer 1700’s = “mesmerize”FreudMovies Aladdin, Office Space.

Definition’sDefinition’s

A relaxed state with a heightened ability to focus on certain objects acts or feelings.

Brain = switchboard (ex. Pain)Trance = relaxationNOT SLEEPCooperation not Domination

Posthypnotic SuggestionsPosthypnotic Suggestions

Eating habitsSmoking StressFingernail bitingSports