Dreams for Mental Health

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Our research on targeted dreaming for mental health and stress relief has been conducted in both in-home, clinic and lab environments, and shown significant improvements in measurements of depression, suicidality, anxiety, insomnia and nightmare markers.

Dr. Westley Youngren says his research could help develop treatments for PTSD by using targeted dream incubation to re-script details of recurring nightmares, giving patients control over their dreams.

“The idea is that the new nightmare will take the place of the recurring one,” he said. “And a lot of times when you work with individuals with this therapy, they don't have the restricted nightmare — all the nightmares tend to disappear.”

After using Dormio for TDI to dream about a particular topic, people were 43% more creative than those who napped without any dream direction and 78% more than those who stayed awake.

After using Dormio for TDI to dream about a particular topic, people were 43% more creative than those who napped without any dream direction and 78% more than those who stayed awake.

Articles and papers about our research with TDI for Wellness

The Relationship Between Dreams and Subsequent Morning Mood Using Self-Reports and Text Analysis

A research paper from Dream Collective member Michelle Carr on the effects dreams on mood.

Affect Sci

Research Paper

Wellness Spas & Hotel Experiences

Flying Dream Bed

A sculptural installation at Art Basel that allows the viewer to experience flying dreams.

Art Basel

Sculptural Installation

Sweet Dreams for Insomnia

40 million Americans suffer insomnia. We partnered with Taika Waititi on a dream incubation, and envision partnerships with Calm and Netflix for pre-sleep incubation

Taika Waititi and Xbox - Power Your Dreams

Collaboration with Xbox + Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi having pro Xbox gamers dream of being inside their favorite video game using Targeted Dream Incubation and then using these dreams to create a short film. Winner Webby Award, Andy Award. 500 million impressions, 640k engagements.

Xbox

Project

Work with USVA + PTSD

Approx 3 mm Veterans with chronic nightmares. We have VA partnerships already, a 5 year NIH Grant under review, and a $50k 2024 PTSD experiment contract