PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Daydreaming is an altered state of consciousness that allows us to detach from the external world and spend more time in our own internal worlds.

Detailed explanation-2: -The five altered states of consciousness. Between breathwork, dance, lucid dreaming, sexual intercourse, sleep deprivation, fasting, music, meditation, sensory deprivation, hypnosis, psychoactive substances, and physical exercise, there are many ways to induce altered states of consciousness.

Detailed explanation-3: -The conscious represents the present, the unconscious is reflected in dreams, and the subconscious is part of daydreaming. Daydreaming consists of memories, drama of desires, emotional undercurrents and fantasies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Michael Winkelman identifies four different “modes of consciousness": (1) the waking mode (2) the deep sleep mode (3) the REM sleep / dreaming mode (4) the integrative mode. Within this framework, many ASCs (psychedelics, hypnosis, meditation, etc.)

Detailed explanation-5: -Altered states of consciousness, sometimes called non-ordinary states, include various mental states in which the mind can be aware but is not in its usual wakeful condition, such as during hypnosis, meditation, hallucination, trance, and the dream stage.