Dont Ignore This! Dream Expert on The Shocking Dreams You Need To Pay Attention To

What if your dreams could predict disease, unlock creativity, reveal hidden trauma—and even be controlled?

On this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Rahul Jandial, MD, PhD (dual-trained neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, founder of the Jandial Lab at City of Hope Cancer Center in Los Angeles, and bestselling author of This is Why You Dream) takes Mayim & Jonathan inside the wild, cutting-edge world of dream neuroscience and the sleeping brain.

Discover how this top brain surgeon can create a memory of a nightmare during awake brain surgery, what the brain does just before death, and how dream patterns may predict neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease. Learn why erotic dreams occur, how lucid dreaming can enhance your waking life, what happens during sleep paralysis, and why some people don’t remember their dreams—plus expert sleep tips to improve dream recall.

Dr. Jandial also explores the deep links between trauma and nightmares, depression, and the eerie science of precognitive dreams and near-death experiences (NDEs). From the universal themes of falling and flying dreams to the latest on how AI might already be hacking your dreams, this is everything your brain’s doing while you sleep—and why it matters more than ever.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
04:46 - Why Do we have Nightmares?
07:25 - Trauma & Sleep
19:00 - Awake Brain Surgery
24:10 - Can You Activate Dreams in the Brain?
29:19 - Universality of Nightmares
31:23 - Predicting the future with dreams
37:59 - Understanding Waking Life through Dreams & Nightmares
45:50 - Lucid Dreaming
55:00 - Sleep Paralysis
59:31 - Enhancing Creative Imagination through Dreams
1:06:50 - Precognitive Dreams
1:11:50 - Can Electricity Create Consciousness?
1:15:30 - What is Death?
1:27:35 - How to Influence Your Dreams
1:35:33 - Is AI Hacking Your Dreams?
1:41:52 - Dream Interpretation
1:47:21 - Erotic Dreams

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Dr. Rahul Jandial's book, THIS IS WHY YOU DREAM: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735627/this-is-why-you-dream-by-rahul-jandial-md-phd/

Theme Song Written, Produced, and Performed by Ed Robertson. Mixed by Kenny Luong.

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