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Structural Hardware and Compute Limitation Paradigms in Human Sleep Architecture: A Systems-Level Analysis of Post-Traumatic Nightmares

Introduction to the Computational Paradigm of Human Sleep Architecture

Human sleep architecture operates fundamentally as a highly regulated biological processing engine, constrained by specific thermal, neurochemical, and energetic limits. When examining the phenomenological differences between standard civilian dream states and the nocturnal hyperarousal experienced by combat veterans, it becomes necessary to abandon purely psychological or neo-psychoanalytic models. Instead, a systems-level, computational paradigm provides a far more accurate and empirically verifiable framework. In this neurocognitive architecture, the human brain functions as an integrated circuit of neuro ...