consciousness the awareness of, or the possibility of knowing what is happening inside or outside...
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ConsciousnessConsciousness
The awareness of, or the possibility of knowing what is happening inside or outside the organism.
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
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”
Sensory Deprivation Sensory Deprivation
1951 Brainwash study (hsi nao)Subjects not able to see hear or touch
anything.
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