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Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2
I read somewhere that people that have Dissociative Disorders (DID/OSDD) can have parts of their brain actively aware of the passage of time while they sleep and dream....like not the entire brain shuts down when they sleep.
Ever since reading about this...we’ve been very interested in how we dream, sleep, how it affects the mind and body, and does the body feel rested.
Can it really be different then how singletons sleep and dream?
I know diet and exercise impacts sleeping and dreaming patterns greatly, but we each do have a normal daily routine that results in the same physical/mental state of being nightly.
If I eat fresh raw white onions on a sandwich or burger for some unbeknownst to me reason....we sleep hard and dream train loud, vivid, frantic real dreams and wake up tireder then ever.... so white onions are off the menu no matter how much it adds to a sandwich (just can’t resist sometimes! Lol).
So is this true for multiples? How does it affect you? Care to describe?
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I have never had any food items cause me and my alters to dream a certain way (for physical health reasons and eating disorder reasons I have kept food logs for over 20 years) the only time food items caused my alters and I problems was when one would eat a product the body was allergic to, then we had hives and allergic reactions.
sleep wise at one point my treatment provider, sleep study medic and I did do a bit of work on whether when I slept the alters were aware. it turned out that something in my sleep (either I heard a triggering noise, or was dreaming about something triggering...) which caused me to leave REM sleep phase, having my dissociative symptoms of anxiety then while partially awake enter my dissociative symptoms which caused my alters to take control. in other words my alters taking control was dissociation related.
yes I always felt calm and rested after my alters took control when I got triggered during sleep.
Im guessing the brain doesnt totally shut down when someone was sleeping because if it did then a person would be dead (no brain activity = legal definition of when medical doctors pronounce a person dead)
Given you are not dead Im guessing parts of your brain are still active while you sleep.
my suggestion if this continues to bother you, maybe find a place that does sleep studies where you are located, or talk with your doctors and they can tell you how to get an appointment at a sleep study center.