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Dream incubation begs your brain for custom nightscapes

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If you focus hard enough before bed, you can supposedly force your brain to dream about specific topics. It is essentially an attempt to bully your own subconscious into doing exactly what you want, though it usually results in weird, disjointed mashups of your daily anxieties instead.

Dream incubation begs your brain for custom nightscapes
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