Rego Maria Francisca, Duarte Ivone, Nunes Rui
Department of Social Sciences and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
Springerplus. 2015 Dec 18;4:786. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1579-1. eCollection 2015.
The aim of this article is to address the issue of nightmares in the deaf population, given that there are no documented studies on this matter to the best of our knowledge. The study of nightmares in the deaf population is of high relevance given their specific characteristics (impossibility of verbalisation) and the lack of studies with this population. Nightmares are dreams of negative content that trigger an awakening associated with a rapid return to a full state of alert and a persistent feeling of anxiety and fear, which may cause significant distress. Various studies show that the deaf population has dreams with more negative imagery and emotions, are more exposed to interpersonal traumas and have higher rates of dissociation, than hearing people. These concepts seem to be connected given that, in the presence of traumatic events, dissociation may act as a defence mechanism and nightmares may operate as an adaptive coping strategy.
鉴于据我们所知尚无关于聋人群体噩梦问题的文献记载,本文旨在探讨这一问题。鉴于聋人群体的特殊特征(无法言语表达)以及针对该群体研究的匮乏,对聋人群体噩梦的研究具有高度相关性。噩梦是具有负面内容的梦境,会引发与迅速恢复完全警觉状态相关的觉醒以及持续的焦虑和恐惧情绪,这可能会造成极大困扰。各种研究表明,与听力正常的人相比,聋人群体的梦境具有更多负面意象和情绪,更容易遭受人际创伤,且解离率更高。鉴于在创伤事件存在的情况下,解离可能作为一种防御机制,而噩梦可能作为一种适应性应对策略,这些概念似乎相互关联。