Have you ever woken up suddenly with no memory of a dream or a bad dream? Perhaps you have seen your child experiencing night terrors. Unlike a nightmare or a bad dream, a night terror can involve feelings of dread, terror, anxiety, and fear without the typical movie-like scenes and images that preceded the incident. […]
Tag Archives: Night Terrors
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Apr
Apr
No parent likes being woke up in the middle of the night by their toddler crying, especially when those tears are a result of fear. However almost all toddlers have nightmares occasionally and a rare 5% have night terrors. Understanding what causes night terrors and nightmares in toddlers can help prevent or at least lessen […]
There is no worse feeling than watching your toddler struggle to achieve a good night’s sleep. Many new parents just assume that their little guy is not a good sleeper and resign themselves to the fact that there are a lot of sleepless nights in their future, but make sure you rule out serious sleep […]
Night terrors are a type of sleep disturbance in which a person is quickly awakened from sleep by dreams. A child or an adult is excited in an anxious mood. A hasty awakening from sleep awakens a man in fear and terror. Night terrors usually occur at night; there was sweating, screaming, rapid heart rate, […]
Not everyone has nightmares, but everyone knows what a nightmare is. A nightmare is a frightening dream that can leave a lasting impression or fear after the dreamer is awake. There is a reason we have nightmares; be it either that our subconscious is in a state of worry or there is some big stress […]
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May
May
Some of the hardest things for people to understand are the mysteries of the sleeping mind. Sleep in itself is only becoming less mysterious in recent years. Questions like “Why do we sleep?” and “Do we really need sleep?” are finally being answered. However, sleep phenomena still remain very mysterious and can be quite scary […]