THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS: A DEEP INVESTIGATION INTO FALSE AWAKENINGS

Authors

  • Nimrah Noor Department of Psychology, The Superior University, Lahore
  • Saira Majid Department of Psychology, The Superior University, Lahore
  • Atif Rasool Department of Psychology, The Superior University, Lahore
  • Sadia Akram Department of Psychology, The Superior University, Lahore
  • Ansa Liaqat   Department of Psychology, The Superior University, Lahore

Abstract

False awakenings, the experience of believing one has woken up while still within a dream, represent a complex phenomenon situated at the intersection of sleep science, cognitive psychology, and consciousness studies. Other items fake wake up to synthesizing contemporary theoretical models, neurophysiological mechanisms, and emotional dynamics, enforce the meaning as a REM-dream. Data were collected through a qualitative meta-analysis of recent experimental and observational research. The analysis reveals that false waking are closely linked to instability, emotional deregistration, and individual changes in cognitive absorption and fantastic test. Above all, its construction requiring with a dream and a position of sleep paralysis who wake up along a spectrum of phenomena stacked. Clinical implications are discussed, suggesting that false awakenings could serve as biomarkers for underlying psychopathologies such as PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and depersonalization. False awakenings on architecture in frontally their human consciousness, emotional regulation, and memory systems during sleep.

Keywords: False Awakening, Predictive Coding, Reality Monitoring, Sleep Disorders, Lucid Dreaming, REM Sleep, Dream Consciousness

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Published

2025-06-19

How to Cite

Nimrah Noor, Saira Majid, Atif Rasool, Sadia Akram, & AnsaLiaqat . (2025). THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DREAMS WITHIN DREAMS: A DEEP INVESTIGATION INTO FALSE AWAKENINGS. Policy Journal of Social Science Review, 3(6), 227–232. Retrieved from https://policyjssr.com/index.php/PJSSR/article/view/347