What a Total Nightmare
Last night, before bed, I was reading the New Yorker. I recently renewed my long-lapsed subscription after realizing that not having television, combined with working from home might have made me a little detatched from the bigger picture.
I also know I shouldn’t read the New Yorker before bed, because the bigger picture is stressful and scary sometimes. But lying in my bed is the only time I get peace and quiet.
So there I was, reading “Nightmare Scenario” by Margaret Talbot.
The story is about the new research and treatment of nightmares. Doctors are treating patients with nightmares with a technique called imagery-rehearsal therapy.
Here’s how it works:
The women in this group wrote down one of their disturbing dreams and were instructed to change it in any way they wished. They then wrote down the new version in full, and were asked to spend between five and twenty minutes a day conjuring the revised dream…
Those who had completed the imagery-rehearsal were having significantly fewer disturbing dreams.
– From The New Yorker, “Nightmare Scenario” by Margaret Talbot
As I lay there in bed I thought, Huh. Sounds a whole lot like Narrative Actualization to me.
Change your story and transform those waking-life nightmares into dreams!
