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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Impact of sleep on psychosomatic health

that cannot be eliminated by expression, which is why it relationship between the world of sleep and physical
will be released to a vulnerable organs system. From a health and that therapeutic intervention can be made in
medical point of view, the findings that the percentage of this area, much more data are needed to provide a broad
REM sleep during the night is high in some pathologies and comprehensive picture of the relationship between the
and low in others may make it appear that there is no psyche and the body. Research related to the influence of
objective correlation between the duration of REM sleep REM sleep and sleep deprivation on the development of
and the propensity to develop this type of pathology, but psychosomatic diseases tends more towards methodologies
some authors base these differences on the individual and ways of researching from the medical and biological
compensatory response of some patients, the body trying spectrum, but the observations related to dreams and
to reduce the nocturnal source of biological stress and their content in relation to psychosomatic diseases and the
dreams, which is the REM sleep. A possible model of the strong influence they can have on both day and nightlife
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interaction between psychological factors, REM sleep, and prove that psychology and psychotherapy can contribute to
symptomatology in psychosomatic diseases is illustrated improving some medical conditions. Although the broad
in Figure 1. Although it is clear that psychosomatic subject of the relationship between the psyche and the body
disorders belong as much to the domain of psychology as will never be fully understood and unanimously accepted
of medicine, the quantitative relationships between sleep by the scientific community, partly due to its strong cultural
architecture, psychological factors, and these particular and philosophical charge, it is undeniable that the working
diseases need to be studied more to be able to state to what hypotheses mentioned above should arouse the curiosity of
extent each of these factors plays a role in the genesis and researchers in the field. Achieving a better understanding
exacerbation of psychosomatic diseases. of our unconscious life and of the psychic universe,
Taking into account all sides of this neurophysiological both in terms of sleep and other fundamental processes
and psychological puzzle, we can state with confidence of the central nervous system, will bring us closer to
certain aspects. On the one hand, health and quality of sleep understanding human nature and the human mind, some
are fundamental elements for the proper functioning of the of the most fascinating creations of the living world.
nervous system and the psyche in general, as demonstrated
by the alteration of sleep architecture or sleep duration in Acknowledgments
many brain pathologies and in most psychiatric disorders. None.
Psychosomatic pathologies also follow this model, being
influenced in their particular way by pathological REM Funding
sleep. On the other hand, dreams represent a mirror of the
human psychological dimension, and their modification None.
over time or their disappearance poses an alarming signal Conflict of interest
related to the status of psychological or somatic well-being
of a patient. Last but not least, the interrelationship between The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
all these elements reiterates the complexity of the human
nervous system and shows that multifactorial pathologies, Author contributions
such as psychosomatic diseases, need to be addressed from Conceptualization: All authors
all angles to improve the quality of life of patients to the Formal analysis: All authors
greatest extent possible today. Investigation: All authors

5. Conclusion Methodology: All authors
Writing–original draft: All authors
The study of sleep and psychosomatic pathologies, both Writing–review & editing: All authors
separately and intricately, using information from several
scientific fields such as medicine, biology, and psychology, Ethics approval and consent to participate
is a way in which the link between psychic life and somatic Not applicable.
manifestations of human beings can be better understood,
helping us to discern to what extent the psyche and to Consent for publication
what extent the body are responsible for the onset and
progression of certain diseases. Although this paper has Not applicable.
summarized the views of researchers over the past 50 years Availability of data
on the link between sleep, dreams, and psychosomatic
pathology, demonstrating that there is an interdependent All data are contained within the article.

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