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Our awareness of outselves and our environment

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Consciousness

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The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle

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Circadian rhythm

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Rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur

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R.E.M. sleep

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Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state

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Alpha waves

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Periodic, natural loss of consciousness – as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a, generally anesthesia or hibernation

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Sleep

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False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

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Hallucinations

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The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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Delta waves

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Nonrapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep

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NREN sleep

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Recurring problems and falling sleep or staying asleep

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Insomnia

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A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The set for May left directly into REM sleep, often at in opportune times

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Narcolepsy

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A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessation of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary wakings

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Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares,

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Night terrors

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The sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind.

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Dream

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According to fraud, the remembered storyline of the dream

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Manifest content

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Courtney fraud, the underlying meaning of a dream

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Latent content

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The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

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R.E.M. rebound

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Search for your action in which one person suggest to another that certain perceptions feeling thoughts and behaviors will spontaneously occur

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Hypnosis

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Suggestion made during a hot hit gnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized

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Posthypnotic suggestion

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A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

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Dissociation

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The chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods

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Psychoactive drug

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Did diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug

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Tolerance

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The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug

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Withdrawal

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Physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued

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Physical dependence

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Ecological need to use the drug so just to relieve negative emotions

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Psychological dependence

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Compulsive drug craving and use despite adverse consequences

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Addiction

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Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions

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Depressants

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Drugs that depress the activity of central nervous system reducing anxiety but impairing memory

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Barbiturates

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Opium and it’s derivatives, such as morphine and heroin. They depressed or activity temporarily lessening pain and Anxiety

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Opiates

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Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions

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Stimulants

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Drugs that stimulate neural activity causing speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes

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Amphetamines

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Powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system with sped up body functions and associated energy and mood changes overtime appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels

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Methamphetamine

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Isn’t that extra Mila and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy it, but with short term health risks and long-term harm to serotonin producing neurons and mood and cognition

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Ecstasy

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Psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, the distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

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Hallucinogens

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A powerful hallucinogenic drug; known as acid

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LSD

35
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In altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death

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Near death experience

36
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Major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations

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THC

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