“Nightmares, for instance,” I go on. “No one actually wants to relive what happened to them, but like any organ that’s been damaged, the brain wants to find a way to heal. Because that’s exactly what trauma is: a brain injury. There’s like actual neuroscience and whatnot behind it”—I wave him off—“but that’s neither here nor there right now. The point is...the brain wants to fix what’s been broken.” I give him a considering look. “Figure out where it all went wrong, even if it’s only in our dreams.”
