Sleep in the first 24 hours after a traumatic experience is an effective way to reduce the emotional distress of those affected by the negative event. Sleep is a process that heals painful memories and prevents them from recurring. Sleep; It is one of the factors necessary for the normal functioning of the brain. In a study conducted at the psychology department of the University of Zurich; The answer to the question of whether sleep can be a helpful method in the treatment of stress and trauma or, conversely, whether it intensifies these emotional reactions and memories has been sought.
This question; It is important for the treatment of diseases such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because people who suffer from this disorder remember terrible memories or have flashbacks in which they relive the trauma over and over again. To find the answer to this question, researchers had 65 female subjects watch a video containing traumatic images. They then divided the subjects into two groups, the first group was asked to sleep the night after watching the video, and their brain functions were recorded with electroencephalography during the group's sleep. They ensured that the second group remained awake. After this process, they asked the subjects to note in detail what they remembered about the video they watched. Although the experience of these people is very similar to the experiences of patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, bad memories fade away within a few days.
B. In this research conducted by Kleim, it was determined that people who sleep have fewer recurring emotional problems than those who stay awake. This supports that sleep has a healing effect after traumatic experiences. This contributes to the topic of trauma in two ways. On the one hand, it helps to weaken emotions related to memory (such as the fear caused by traumatic experiences), on the other hand, it helps to put these memories in a mold and evaluate and accumulate them in an informative way. Research says that this finding is important in the early treatment of traumatized people, but should be supported by psychotherapy sessions in the long term. These studies are aimed at erasing traumatic memories or finding alternative solutions to drug treatment efforts for trauma. n needs to be developed.
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