“We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people need to get up early to go to work and they can't be sleeping until 11:00 or 12:00. So we use treatments like bright light therapy, melatonin, things like that that are very effective.” PeopleNeedsUseLightSleepBrokenAdultsTreatsGet UpRhythmTherapyTreatmentUp EarlyBright LightsCircadian RhythmMelatonin Author:Shelby Harris
“We have other opposite problems with circadian rhythms that can happen when you - a lot of times with older adults. They start to go to bed at 6:00, 7:00 at night and they wake up at 2:00 in the morning. And they're rhythms actually shift earlier, but sometime it can just kind of miss the mark and shift too much earlier and that's when we need to treat it with bright light.” NeedsKindProblemLightHappensNightMorningToo MuchMissingBedAdultsOppositesTreatsMarkWake UpRhythmBright LightsCircadian RhythmOlder Adults Author:Shelby Harris
“If there's a lot of fear that's going on, if there's a lot of anxiety, it's manifesting itself in your nocturnal world so that analyzing it can help open up basically thoughts about what you need to do during the day. So a lot of people who subscribe to the psychoanalysis, the Jungian thought will really focus a lot on dreams, the meaning, and how it can be used to help you during the day.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsHelpingDreamUsedFocusAnxietyManifestPsychoanalysisAnalyzingNocturnal Author:Shelby Harris
“There are other people that think that dreams actually do serve a purpose. But what that purpose is, we're not really sure. So some people believe that it actually does have some psychological representation of what's going on in the day, but there's no need to sit and really analyze it.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveDoeDreamPurposePsychologicalRepresentation Author:Shelby Harris
“So it's like your brain has a large filing cabinet and it's opening up each drawer and it's taking in various images and memories from the day, consolidating what it needs to and puts in whatever file. And then if there's something that doesn't fit in any of the files and doesn't really belong, you'll forget about it. So it's a way of really getting a succinct way of storing things in your brain.” IfsWayNeedsMemoriesForgetBrainLike YouFitVariousOpeningFilesCabinetsDrawersOpening UpFilingFiling Cabinet Author:Shelby Harris
“There's some debate as to whether you need to awaken from them because there are some patients who are actually starting to say, "I had these horrible nightmares, but I never woke up from them." But they can still recall them when they get up in the morning. So there's still some debate in the field.” NeedsStillsMorningFieldsPatientStartingDebateHorribleGet UpNightmareRecalls Author:Shelby Harris
“When it comes to the reason why we have nightmares, we're still debating that. It's a new area of research, nightmares. And the way I like to think about it is, our brain - we have stress during the day and our brain needs to learn to process this stress.” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsReasonProcessBrainResearchAreasStressReason WhyNightmare Author:Shelby Harris
“There are some that are - REM Behavior Disorder, we'll see some court documented cases. And they really need to have a thorough evaluation with a sleep specialist.” NeedsSleepCasesBehaviorCourtDisorderThoroughSpecialistsEvaluation Author:Shelby Harris
“There's confusional arousals, there are states in deeper sleep that can happen where people will go and they'll disappear and they'll take on some other persona. They'll commit some crime, but it's all when they are in a very deep stage of sleep. So you really need to have a very thorough evaluation.” PeopleNeedsStatesHappensSleepStageCrimeDeeperDisappearCommitPersonaThoroughVery DeepEvaluationArousal Author:Shelby Harris
