Synthesis:Sleep-related experiences and changes

Sleep-related experiences and changes include experiences on the border of sleep and waking (e.g. "Exploding head syndrome", seeing dark figures, nightmares, etc.), dreams, lucid dreaming, lucid dreamless sleep, but also temporary or permanently changed sleep pattern, such as decreased or increased need for sleep, etc.

Resources

1. Alcaraz-Sánchez, A., Demšar, E., Campillo-Ferrer, T., & Torres-Platas, S. G. (2022). Nothingness Is All There Is: An Exploration of Objectless Awareness During Sleep. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 901031. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.901031
2. Buda, B. L., & Toth, G. (2012). Exploding head syndrome - Case study and therapeutic approaches. https://www.academia.edu/9212479/Exploding_head_syndrome_Case_study_and_therapeutic_approaches
3. Daly, H. (2016). Shadowy Beauty: The Art of Hypnopompic Inquiry [Dissertation, California Institute of Integral Studies]. https://www.proquest.com/openview/87359d5dd856200d0b7e55adf186cc8d/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
4. Reid, M. J., Kettner, H., Blanken, T. F., Weiss, B., & Carhartt-Harris, R. (2024). Preliminary Evidence of Sleep Improvements Following Psilocybin Administration, and their Involvement in Antidepressant Therapeutic Action. Current Psychiatry Reports, 26(11), 659–669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-024-01539-8
5. Wangyal, T. (1998). The Tibetan yogas of dream and sleep (M. Dahlby, Ed.; 1st. ed). Snow Lion Publications.