Chapter 3 - Consciousness And The Two-Track Mind

Question 0

What is lucid dreaming?

Answer 0

Becoming an active participant in one’s own dream

The realization that one is dreaming while asleep

Question 1

What are some common sleep disorders and their characteristics?

Answer 1

Insomnia
> Persistent problems in falling or staying asleep
Narcolepsy
> Periodic, overwhelming sleepiness
Sleep Apnea
> Intermittently stop breathing during sleep
Night Terrors
> Target mostly children
> Arousal from sleep with intense fear accompanied by physiological reactions

Question 2

What is manifest content and what are the 3 most common types?

Answer 2

A Freudian term meaning the story line of dreams

Negative Emotional Content
   > 8/10 dreams are negative 
Failure Dreams
   > Failure, being attacked or pursued, rejected
Sexual Dreams
   > 1/10 in men, 1/30 in women

Question 3

Why do we sleep?

Answer 3

Protection
> Dark areas in the wild to protect from wild animals

Recover
> Restore / repair brain tissue

Remember
> Restores / rebuilds fading memories

Growth Process
> Growth hormones releases by the pituitary gland

Question 4

What are the definitions associated with drug use (tolerance, withdrawal, dependence, and addiction)?

Answer 4

Tolerance
> As the user’s brain adapts its chemistry to offset the drug effect, the user requires larger and larger doses to experience the same effect.

Withdrawal
> Undesirable side effects that are the body’s response to the absence of a drug.

Dependence
> A drug becomes an important part of someone’s life.

Addiction
> A compulsive craving for a substance despite adverse consequences

Question 5

What are 3 misconceptions about addiction?

Answer 5

1. You need a 3rd party to stop.
   > You can get off drugs on your own
2. Drug addiction is the same as a gambling addiction
   > Drug addiction actually causes a chemical imbalance in your body that can only be filled with that drug.
3. Addiction comes very quickly
   > It takes a long time to become addicted to a drug