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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 244366" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hi Jess--</p><p> </p><p>Like Marg, I have suffered vivid nightmares and night terrors.</p><p> </p><p>The nightmares are definitely worse when I am under stress or feeling anxious--but as Marg pointed out...it is easy to talk about them and calm down after being able to analyze all the ways in which they were only dreams and not real at all.</p><p> </p><p><em>Night Terrors</em>, on the other hand are completely different. For me, I am awakened straight out of a deep sleep by a sensation that "something" is coming right into my face. And I have awakened screaming and desperately scrambling out of my bed to get out of the way of whatever it was that has come upon me. Sometimes there are giant black spiders crawling straight across my pillow....sometimes there is a voice directly in my ear....sometimes it is fire or flood. These, I cannot "Talk myself down" from, because I SAW or HEARD or FELT it, very clearly and it was a moment of absolute terror.</p><p> </p><p>These, there doesn't seem to be any solution other than a hug from husband and a few minutes to recognize where I am and that there is no one next to the bed, I am not on fire, and there are no spiders on me.</p><p> </p><p>I think that the best thing to do is reassure your daughter with hugs and help her double-check that whatever she saw, heard, or felt is not there and that it is safe to go back to sleep.</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps....</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 244366, member: 6546"] Hi Jess-- Like Marg, I have suffered vivid nightmares and night terrors. The nightmares are definitely worse when I am under stress or feeling anxious--but as Marg pointed out...it is easy to talk about them and calm down after being able to analyze all the ways in which they were only dreams and not real at all. [I]Night Terrors[/I], on the other hand are completely different. For me, I am awakened straight out of a deep sleep by a sensation that "something" is coming right into my face. And I have awakened screaming and desperately scrambling out of my bed to get out of the way of whatever it was that has come upon me. Sometimes there are giant black spiders crawling straight across my pillow....sometimes there is a voice directly in my ear....sometimes it is fire or flood. These, I cannot "Talk myself down" from, because I SAW or HEARD or FELT it, very clearly and it was a moment of absolute terror. These, there doesn't seem to be any solution other than a hug from husband and a few minutes to recognize where I am and that there is no one next to the bed, I am not on fire, and there are no spiders on me. I think that the best thing to do is reassure your daughter with hugs and help her double-check that whatever she saw, heard, or felt is not there and that it is safe to go back to sleep. Hope this helps.... --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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