I think it's because of the dreaming. We don't really get the opportunity to repress stuff like others do. As a result of dreams (which are a product of our subconscious), we have constant access to our subconscious all the time, whether we like it or not. I've found that when something dramatic happens in my life, I dream about it excessively and the dreams are fo course vivid which then leaves an emotional memory which of course means that the brain continues to process the dream during wakefulness and that of course in turn predisposes to other dreams as soon as I fall asleep again. And this goes on until I've fully processed the event. So much for repressing it! We don't seem to have that option. But I believe it makes us emotionally stronger in the long run.

I NEED to share this: my violent dreaming ALWAYS involves family, and is so terrifying I can hardly bare to speak of it. O er the last 2 years, the violence has evolved to sadistic trickery: my daughter will come back to life, or I wake up late for lunch with my mother (deceased) and sister, dressing 100 miles an hour only to finally deal with where was I REALLY meeting them? My sister lives across the country from me, and Mom -- she has been gone for 9 years!

One specific, very detailed dream had me reunited with my daughter who passed away 8 years ago. I was so sure that the dream was real, I left a voice-mail on my sister's phone that they needed to speak with ne before they watched the evening news that night. I was THAT certain that the elements in what I had no idea was a dream, had actually happened. A reporter recognized my daughter as someone who had died several years earlier, and was going to break with an interview with my daughter about why she was brought back to life.

After "being with" my daughter again -- laughing, etc.-- finally understanding it was all a dream -- was devastating.

That's why there are tons of co-morbidity studies... That I like to read . For fun 😄 I'm a psych grad, with co-morbidities myself.

That definition of "narcoleptic personality" sounds a lot like the "old" me before Xyrem and before getting in touch with my spiritual side, both of which have done wonders in making me feel and behave more normal and joyful.