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Nightmares and sleep terrors.(Behavioral Health Advisor)
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- Clinical Reference Systems
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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What are nightmares and sleep terrors?
Nightmares are scary dreams filled with monsters or frightening events. Most people have nightmares sometimes, usually in the early morning hours. If they happen once in a while, it is usually not anything to worry about. People with a nightmare disorder have a severe problem with nightmares.
Sleep terrors are different from nightmares. During a night terror, you may:
* be upset and restless but cannot wake up or be comforted
* sit up, possibly screaming or talking wildly
* not respond even though your eyes are wide open and staring.
In the morning, you cannot remember what ...