Current cognitive psychology research suggests that SP with HH triggers a threat-awareness scan in the brain known as the vigilance system. [1] This process is largely unconscious and normally is responsible for identifying possible threats (“What’s that noise?”) and making quick decisions about our physical safety (“Oh, it’s just the cat.”). But in SP/HH, our eyes are open and we are projecting our dreams into physical space. The combination of sensing and imagining makes the system go a little haywire, causing the vigilance system to stay activated because it cannot clarify exactly what the threat is. “Threat!” the system calls, again and again. This, in turn, makes our fear intensify because a part of the brain responsible for intense emotions, the amygdala, is already heightened in this dream state. [2] So we project images of our worst fears into the room, intensifying our fear even further as the Stranger takes form.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:26:09 +0000
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