The authors/others interested in anxiety, may be interested in the paper: Dreaming Is the Inverse of Anxious Mind-Wandering:

https://psyarxiv.com/k6trz

Written by me and discussed on HN here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19143590

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