Episode 159: Dreams: Daymares and Nightmares

Psychology Has It Backwards - A podcast by Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman - Saturdays

We might awaken from nightmares frightened or sad, but as soon as we wake up we realize it was just a dream. Even if we find our dreams disturbing, we know they are dreams. Yet when we fall into low mood thinking or get stuck on troubled memories or entertain fears during the day, we don't call them "daymares." We don't realize we can "wake up" and put those thoughts behind us. We're always thinking. Thoughts come to mind. If they are distressing, they affe...