Sleep can help PTSD patients process the horrific experiences
A sound sleep in the first 24 hours after suffering a trauma can help
individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to process the
horrific experiences, a study has found. People with PTSD experience
highly emotional and distressing memories or even flashbacks where they
feel as if they were experiencing the trauma all over again. Sleep could
play a key role in processing what they have suffered. ‘Our approach
offers an important non-invasive alternative to the current attempts to
erase traumatic memories or treat them with medication,’ said lead
author Birgit Kleim from the University of Zurich. The findings showed
that a good sleep can help weaken emotions connected to an existing
memory, such as fear caused by traumatic experiences. In addition, sleep
also helps contextualise the recollections, processing them as
information and storing the memories.
However, the process may take several nights, the researchers said. ‘The use of sleep might prove to be a suitable and natural early prevention strategy,’ Kleim added. For the study, the researchers showed participants a traumatic video. The recurring memories of the images in the film that haunted the participants for a few days were recorded in detail in a diary. Study participants were randomly assigned to two groups. One slept in the lab for a night after the video while their sleep was recorded via an electroencephalograph (EEG), the other group remained awake. The results revealed that people who slept after the film had fewer and less distressing recurring emotional memories than those who were awake. ‘This supports the assumption that sleep may have a protective effect in the aftermath of traumatic experiences,’ Kleim said, in the study published in the journal Sleep.
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However, the process may take several nights, the researchers said. ‘The use of sleep might prove to be a suitable and natural early prevention strategy,’ Kleim added. For the study, the researchers showed participants a traumatic video. The recurring memories of the images in the film that haunted the participants for a few days were recorded in detail in a diary. Study participants were randomly assigned to two groups. One slept in the lab for a night after the video while their sleep was recorded via an electroencephalograph (EEG), the other group remained awake. The results revealed that people who slept after the film had fewer and less distressing recurring emotional memories than those who were awake. ‘This supports the assumption that sleep may have a protective effect in the aftermath of traumatic experiences,’ Kleim said, in the study published in the journal Sleep.
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