This episode is all about the two major kinds of dreams and the sorts of learning and unlearning they are used for. I discuss REM-associated dreams that control emotional learning and their similarity to various trauma treatments such as ketamine and EMDR. I also discuss Non-REM dreams and their role in motor learning and learning of detailed, non-emotionally-laden information. I relate this to science-backed tools for accessing more of the types of sleep and learning people may want. Other topics are listed in the time stamps below.

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Timestamps

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:30 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up

00:03:00 The Dream Mask

00:06:00 Cycling Sleep

00:08:10 Chemical Cocktails of Sleep

00:13:00 Motor Learning

00:16:30 High Performance with Less Sleep

00:17:45 Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

00:20:30 Paralysis & Hallucinations

00:23:35 Nightmares

00:24:45 When REM & Waking Collide

00:25:00 Sleeping While Awake

00:26:45 Alien Abductions

00:29:00 Irritability

00:30:00 Sleep to Delete

00:32:25 Creating Meaning

00:34:10 Adults Acting Like Children

00:36:20 Trauma & REM

00:37:15 EMDR

00:39:10 Demo

00:44:25 Ketamine / PCP

00:45:45 Soup, Explosions, & NMDA

00:48:55 Self Therapy

00:50:30 Note About Hormones

00:51:40 Measuring REM / SWS

00:53:15 Sleep Consistency

00:56:00 Bed Wetting

00:58:00 Serotonin

00:59:00 Increasing SWS

00:59:50 Lucidity

01:02:15 Booze / Weed

01:03:50 Scripting Dreams

01:04:35 Theory of Mind

01:07:55 Synthesis

01:10:00 Intermittent Sleep Deprivation

01:11:10 Snoring Disclaimer

01:11:40 New Topic

01:15:50 Corrections

01:17:25 Closing Remarks

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