Every now and then, people who may have experienced something bad or perhaps are in a bad mood would be normally told to sleep on it. But according to a study, it seems that such situations do have certain degrees. When an experience becomes truly tragic or traumatic, it is best to try and stay awake for the time being since sleeping on it may lock bad memories and in general, be emotionally harmful.

The folks over at the University of Massachusetts did such an experiment on 100 healthy adults. They were shown unsettling images and scenes initially which they rated. After about 12 hours, they them again, with about half of the group sleeping during the break while the other half did not.

The who stayed awake for 12 hours had a weaker emotional response to the unsettling images the second time around, suggesting sleep serves to preserve and even amplify negative emotions. Their memories were also weaker than those of their well-rested counterparts, as they struggled to remember whether they had seen the images before.

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Scent coming from lavender has been proven to help us sleep. While I have made previous posts wherein scent plays an integral role of aiding sleep, perhaps it is but fitting that in these hard times where everyone is at a standstill on what tomorrow holds for them.

Lavender in your room can really hit the spot. In fact, if you think about it, you may just find yourself sleeping soundly with the right ambiance and aroma therapy manner of falling asleep perfectly.

Oneirology, the scientific study of dreams, still has a lot to discover (was Freud right to say they reveal unconscious wishes? Are they responsible for déjà vu?).

But even if science still doesn’t know much about dreams, this research was surely worthwhile given that an estimated six years of our lives, or two hours a night, are spent dreaming. At the very least, the results will provide parents with some intellectual ammunition in the all-too-frequent quest to ensure teenage offspring clean their rooms: unpleasant smells, it seems, can influence negative emotions in dreams.

(Source) Telegraph

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