Editing Nightmare (section)

===Post-traumatic stress disorder===
Recurring [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] (PTSD) nightmares in which traumas are re-experienced respond well to a technique called imagery rehearsal. This involves dreamers coming up with alternative, mastery outcomes to the nightmares, mentally rehearsing those outcomes while awake and then reminding themselves at bedtime that they wish these alternative outcomes should the nightmares recur. Research has found that this technique not only reduces the occurrence of nightmares and insomnia<ref name="pmid15984916">{{Cite journal | last1 = Davis | first1 = J. L. | last2 = Wright | first2 = D. C. | doi = 10.1207/s15402010bsm0303_3 | title = Case Series Utilizing Exposure, Relaxation, and Rescripting Therapy: Impact on Nightmares, Sleep Quality, and Psychological Distress | journal = Behavioral Sleep Medicine | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 151–157 | year = 2005 | pmid =  15984916| s2cid = 5558629 }}</ref> but also improves other daytime PTSD symptoms.<ref name="pmid11476655">{{Cite journal | last1 = Krakow | first1 = B. | last2 = Hollifield | first2 = M. | last3 = Johnston | first3 = L. | last4 = Koss | first4 = M. | last5 = Schrader | first5 = R. | last6 = Warner | first6 = T. D. | last7 = Tandberg | first7 = D. | last8 = Lauriello | first8 = J. | last9 = McBride | first9 = L.| title = Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Chronic Nightmares in Sexual Assault Survivors with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial | doi = 10.1001/jama.286.5.537 | journal = JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association | volume = 286 | issue = 5 | pages = 537–45 | year = 2001 | pmid =  11476655| doi-access =  }}</ref> The most common variations of imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) "relate to the number of sessions, duration of treatment, and the degree to which [[exposure therapy]] is included in the protocol".<ref name="pmid19444882">{{Cite journal | last1 = Lu | first1 = M. | last2 = Wagner | first2 = A. | last3 = Van Male | first3 = L. | last4 = Whitehead | first4 = A. | last5 = Boehnlein | first5 = J. | title = Imagery rehearsal therapy for posttraumatic nightmares in U.S. Veterans | doi = 10.1002/jts.20407 | journal = Journal of Traumatic Stress | volume = 22 | issue = 3 | pages = 236–239 | year = 2009 | pmid =  19444882}}, p. 234</ref>