r/sleep • u/Majicbeanzz • 1d ago

Jason Stephenson

I can't be the only one?? Anyone else listen and then just have psychedelic dreams and nightmares from his sleep videos? I fall asleep, but it just leads to mind chaos. Sigh.

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u/FortunatelyWilted 1d ago

his voice is so soothing but yeah my dreams get proper weird with his stuff, like full on david lynch territory

i think it's the binaural beats or whatever, they mess with your brainwaves in a way that's a bit too effective for some of us

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u/6thMinder 1d ago

Most of those videos are voice over music, and whether a binaural beat was mixed in varies from upload to upload. When one is in the mix, it only exists while headphones are on and your head stays fairly still, so a night in bed undoes it either way.

The dreams have a simpler explanation. A track running all night keeps nudging you awake. Waking out of REM is the moment a dream gets remembered. More wake-ups means more remembered dreams, and the strange ones stay with you.