The book I read was "Why We Sleep" by Mathew Walker. I chose this book because as I read the back it seemed appealing to me because it explained how sleeping impacts our lives emotionally, way of learning, our immune system and our memory. As someone who loves to sleep I loved reading and learning about the different stages of sleep and what their roles are as well as how to improve our sleep and ways that poor sleeping habits can affect us physically and mentally.
My favorite part was the roles of dreams. I know that dreams are very powerful with the unconscious mind and I have also kept a dream journal that helped me unfold what my dreams really meant. The neurosurgeon in the book explained that dreams act as overnight emotional therapy that helps our brain overcome worries. Dreams can also help with mood regulations because (and you may notice) that when you wake up you feel calm and less anxious as when you went to bed. Whenever I am having a bad night and I'm overthinking or stressed I always tell myself to go to bed because whenever I wake up it's like all of those overwhelming emotions are gone. Relating to our lecture slides, having good sleep makes your performance the best. So, when I am getting ready to go to sleep, I try to make sure I am calm and happy so I have good dreams and a full potential sleep so I have 100% effort and feel good the next day.
I have read many books in my life and there is one that I am currently reading that reminds to of dreams and nightmares. In the book, the character has schizophrenia and while that is not completely all because of her mood (more of a disorder), the way she feels determines on wether she has a good night or not. If she is calm and happy, the monsters are gone when she goes to sleep but when she is angry and frustrated, the monsters come back and she gets a lot of heavy emotions that affect her mood and performance in everything she does.
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