Sleep could help erase bad memories, study finds: ‘Therapy for our emotions’

By Melissa Rudy, Jan 14, 2025

Alex Dimitriu, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine doctor and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, was also not involved in the study, but said it is “fascinating” in what it reveals about how the brain processes memories during sleep. “Our brains are unpacking, processing and repacking emotions in our sleep,” he told Fox News Digital. “I had suspected this before, and have often told my patients that sleep is like therapy for our emotions.”

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