so im taking this really interesting course called altered states of consciousness...
separation of mind and body... out of body experiences are sometimes used as controversial ground to argue ~... do the congenitally blind experience them?
dreaming... since dreaming is exceptionally preceptive and emotional, why don't nightmares leave emotional scars on people the same way as a real-life event might?
although they are only dreams, we ONLY realize that they were just dreams after we think about them from a normal state of consciousness; ie. remember them.
some people go through traumatic real life events which they dont remember yet they leave huge emotional scars(example: child abuse). traumatic dreams could be considered the same way... yet why don't they leave emotional scars?
i think that it may have something to do with the fact that the parts of the brain responsible for memory are deactivated or something like that...
thoughts?
