--- title: The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, “Broken Heart Syndrome,” and Teen Sex description: This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. Also, we talk... canonical: https://time.com/archive/7139920/the-healthland-podcast-nightmares-broken-heart-syndrome-and-teen-sex/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2011-11-18T15:15:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-16T10:42:19.405Z article:section: Health og:title: The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, “Broken Heart Syndrome,” and Teen Sex og:description: This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. 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Also, we talk... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0982c66dc57df602/698a93fec9e941832e123a72/podcastlogo11.jpg?branch=production&width=307&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) # The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, "Broken Heart Syndrome," and Teen Sex by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Nov 18, 2011 3:15 PM UTC  SCOTT DUNLAP / GETTY IMAGES by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Nov 18, 2011 3:15 PM UTC This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. Also, we talk about why breakups can literally [break the heart](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/17/study-women-are-more-vulnerable-to-broken-hearts/), especially for women. And we dive into the controversial Dutch [approach](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/14/mind-reading-what-we-can-learn-from-the-dutch-about-teen-sex/?iid=WBeditorspicks) to teens and sex. Listen immediately by clicking the play button below, or listen via [iTunes](http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nightmares-broken-heart-syndrome/id451799428?i=106442581) — and subscribe for free to get the podcast delivered every Friday morning. more [Belinda](http://twitter.com/#!/youseless) took over hosting duties since [John](http://twitter.com/#!/JohnAshleyCloud) was traveling to report a story about new sleep research. He discussed Imagery Rehearsal Therapy — a treatment that has been shown to change nightmares to better dreams (or no dreams at all), even for severe PTSD patients. The Pentagon has put millions of dollars into this research because so many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have nightmares that prevent them from sleeping enough to respond to daytime psychotherapy. Read some recent military research [here](http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=27972), or — for a more practical perspective — read about how your own nightmares could be changed [here](http://www.nightmaretreatment.com/nightmare-information/). Belinda discussed the aforementioned story on [broken-heart syndrome](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/17/study-women-are-more-vulnerable-to-broken-hearts/), by Meredith Melnick, which describes a cascade of physical heart attack-like symptoms that occur, especially in women, after sudden, emotional events. And we got into a debate that [Sora](http://twitter.com/#!/sora%5Fsong) initiated about whether the Dutch are too liberal in their views on teen sex. In our Field Notes, John mentioned new [research](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/16/report-whos-taking-mental-health-drugs-in-america/) on the incredible rise in prescriptions for mental illnesses. Sora talked about how medications may increase [erectile dysfunction](http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/17/study-more-medications-more-erectile-dysfunction/). And Belinda talked about some interesting findings on the habits of people who date online. Thanks and see you next week. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7139920/the-healthland-podcast-nightmares-broken-heart-syndrome-and-teen-sex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7139920/the-healthland-podcast-nightmares-broken-heart-syndrome-and-teen-sex/"},"headline":"The Healthland Podcast: Nightmares, \"Broken Heart Syndrome,\" and Teen Sex","datePublished":"2011-11-18T15:15:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T10:42:19.405Z","description":"This week we discuss new research showing that you can change your nightmares into good dreams — and sleep a lot better. 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