When I checked the list, I was like: well, most of this applies to me to some degree, too… except the part about nightmares… which I used to have a lot in the past, but I don’t remember having them recently… probably since the time I took care of my sleep apnea. Correlation is not causation, but it is a hypothesis worth exploring. In hindsight it seems obvious: lack of oxygen → heart beats faster → dreaming brain “rationalizes” this as fear.
When I checked the list, I was like: well, most of this applies to me to some degree, too… except the part about nightmares… which I used to have a lot in the past, but I don’t remember having them recently… probably since the time I took care of my sleep apnea. Correlation is not causation, but it is a hypothesis worth exploring. In hindsight it seems obvious: lack of oxygen → heart beats faster → dreaming brain “rationalizes” this as fear.