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| Photo courtesy of Microsoft The venting stage of dreams allows you to let go of emotions (energy) you don't need to hold onto anymore. |
While
we sleep, the subconscious processes the millions of
message units that the mind has received during the day. Dreams, which occur
during REM (rapid-eye movement) sleep, are the “dumping ground” in which the
subconscious essentially purges the mind of information that it no longer needs.
There are three major REM activity periods:
·
Wishful thinking stage. These dreams occur during the first third of the
evening (period of sleep). This REM period is the shortest and has the least (lowest)
electrical amplitude. The majority of message units that your mind is
processing are useful information; these dreams are the least intense.
·
Precognitive stage. This is the second major REM period. Dreams are
longer and more intense. During this stage, you are likely to wake up from a
dream with insight and answers to a problem you have been considering, because
the information (resolution) was already in your mind. Remember, the mind only
knows two things: knowns and unknowns—what is familiar, and what
is unfamiliar. Actual “programming” of the lift script occurs at this stage of
sleep; this new program becomes the autopilot that guides your day.
·
REM stage. This REM period occurs during
the last third of the sleep cycle just before or up to an hour before waking
up. The dreams that occur during this stage—“venting dreams’’—are the longest,
most intense and best-remembered dreams. They are particularly valuable because
your subconscious mind is dumping or letting go of the energy associated to emotions
and information that you no longer need to carry around with you.
When you do not allow yourself to vent this
information through dreams, you are holding in energy and inhibiting your
ability to deal with daily stresses. When I work with my hypnotherapy clients, I provide a safe
environment in which they can interpret their dreams and further vent the emotions
(energy) associated with the dream, in hypnosis. I also provide a hypnotic suggestion that the client will release any remaining energy or emotions, etc. associated with their therapeutic issue in a venting dream, which we can discuss and work through in the next hypnotherapy session.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
