In a July 14, 2005, keynote address to Bellaire/SW Houston Rotary Club, Houston FBI Chaplain John Price characterized paying attention to dreams as essential to good mental health.
July 18, 2005 (Press Release) --
July 15, 2005
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FBI Chaplain Says 'Dreamwork' Essential to Mental Health
(Houston / Bellaire, Texas) In a July 14, 2005, address to Bellaire/SW Houston Rotary Club, FBI Chaplain John Price characterized paying attention to dreams as essential to good mental health.
"Dreams are the brain's way of dealing with the detritus of the day," Price said.
Chaplain of the Houston Division of the FBI, Price also serves as assisting priest for Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and is known through the area for his pioneering explorations in the area of near death experiences with the military, law enforcement personnel, and terminally ill hospital patients.
Citing the pivotal role that dreams have played in major scientific breakthroughs - - from identifying the DNA molecule to inventing the sewing machine - - Rev. Price recommended jotting down dreams for later reflection during waking hours and avoiding distractions when you first awaken.
"Waking up to a newscast interferes with completing the work your unconscious did the night before," Price cautioned.
Sleep-deprivation can produce hallucinations in the nature of 'waking dreams' to compensate for the brain's inability to perform its normal REM cycle, Price explained. He noted that a phenomenon sometimes called 'ICU-delirium' normally abates when the patient returns home or to a room that permits uninterrupted periods of sleep with the ability to dream.
Nightmares are 'incomplete dreams' according to Price. He suggested that working through possible outcomes of a nightmare during waking hours can produce insight into real world issues that the unconscious addressed symbolically. No one but the dreamer can interpret the symbols in dreams, however, because the symbols are highly subjective, he explained.
The Rev. Price is an honor graduate of the University of Texas & earned his Masters of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of the US Army Chaplain School, a Diplomate and faculty member of the School for Spiritual Directors, and a retired Colonel from the Army National Guard of the Texas Military Forces. A frequent guest on John Lienhard's popular radio show (Engines of Our Ingenuity), Rev. Price was recently awarded Rotary's Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence by the more than 3500 members of South Texas Rotary District 5890.
DNA, Sewing Machines, & Detritus?
FBI Chaplain Says 'Dreamwork' Essential to Mental Health
(Houston / Bellaire, Texas) In a July 14, 2005, address to Bellaire/SW Houston Rotary Club, FBI Chaplain John Price characterized paying attention to dreams as essential to good mental health.
"Dreams are the brain's way of dealing with the detritus of the day," Price said.
Chaplain of the Houston Division of the FBI, Price also serves as assisting priest for Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and is known through the area for his pioneering explorations in the area of near death experiences with the military, law enforcement personnel, and terminally ill hospital patients.
Citing the pivotal role that dreams have played in major scientific breakthroughs - - from identifying the DNA molecule to inventing the sewing machine - - Rev. Price recommended jotting down dreams for later reflection during waking hours and avoiding distractions when you first awaken.
"Waking up to a newscast interferes with completing the work your unconscious did the night before," Price cautioned.
Sleep-deprivation can produce hallucinations in the nature of 'waking dreams' to compensate for the brain's inability to perform its normal REM cycle, Price explained. He noted that a phenomenon sometimes called 'ICU-delirium' normally abates when the patient returns home or to a room that permits uninterrupted periods of sleep with the ability to dream.
Nightmares are 'incomplete dreams' according to Price. He suggested that working through possible outcomes of a nightmare during waking hours can produce insight into real world issues that the unconscious addressed symbolically. No one but the dreamer can interpret the symbols in dreams, however, because the symbols are highly subjective, he explained.
The Rev. Price is an honor graduate of the University of Texas & earned his Masters of Divinity from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of the US Army Chaplain School, a Diplomate and faculty member of the School for Spiritual Directors, and a retired Colonel from the Army National Guard of the Texas Military Forces. A frequent guest on John Lienhard's popular radio show (Engines of Our Ingenuity), Rev. Price was recently awarded Rotary's Centennial Service Award for Professional Excellence by the more than 3500 members of South Texas Rotary District 5890.
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