Loneliness linked to increased nightmare frequency and intensity

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People who are lonely are more apt to have bad dreams, according to a collaboration that included an Oregon State University scientist.

Oregon State UniversityAug 6 2024

Other factors tying loneliness to nightmares appear to be rumination – worry and anxiety – and hyperarousal, described as the state of being extra alert and focused. Like stress, rumination and hyperarousal are mind states associated with loneliness. The findings tying loneliness to nightmares – in a correlative way, rather than a causative one, Hesse stresses – come from surveys by the authors encompassing more than 1,600 adults in the United States, ranging in age from 18 to 81.

According to the Sleep Foundation, an estimated 50 million to 70 million Americans have some type of sleep disorder.

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