Violent media linked to violent dreams.

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The violent and sexual media you consume during the day may infiltrate your dreams at night, suggests research from Ohio State University, Columbus. People who reported consuming violent media within 90 minutes of bedtime were 13 times more likely to have a violent dream that night, the study found. Those viewing sexual media were six times more likely to have a sex-related dream.

The study also found that the more violent media content individuals reported consuming on a regular basis, the more often they said they had violent dreams in general. The same link was found between sexual media content and sexual dreams, although the connection was not as strong.

'We knew our violent and sexual media consumption has an impact on our waking lives. Now we have evidence of how it may influence our...