Definition of angst-ridden - filled with deep anxiety, especially about oneself or about the nature of existence Definition of angst-ridden - filled with deep anxiety, especially about oneself or about the nature of existence
Other Sections. For most people, dreaming is purely a mental activity: dreams occur in the mind while the body is at rest. But people who suffer from REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) act out their dreams. They physically move limbs or even get up and engage in activities associated with waking. Some engage in sleep talking, shouting, screaming, hittting or punching.
Why do we dream? Robert Stickgold PhD, who runs the sleep laboratory at Harvard, has recently found that when you go to sleep, the information of the day moves into the thalamus, and then during dreaming, the information moves into the frontal lobes and then it becomes just a story that happened.