Nightmare

nightmare

Subclass of	dream
Has cause	Inguma, Mare
Get characteristic	unpleasantness
NCI Thesaurus ID	C117263

A nightmare, dem sanso know as a bad dream, be an unpleasant dream wey fi cause a strong emotional response from de mind, typically fear buh sanso despair, anxiety, disgust anaa sadness. De dream fi contain situations of discomfort, psychological anaa physical terror, anaa panic. After a nightmare, a person often go awaken insyd a state of distress den fi be unable to return to sleep for a short period of time. Recurrent nightmares fi require medical help, as dem fi interfere plus sleeping patterns den cause insomnia.

Nightmares fi get physical causes such as sleeping insyd an uncomfortable position anaa having a fever, anaa psychological causes such as stress anaa anxiety. Eating before going to bed, wich dey trigger an increase insyd de body ein metabolism den brain activity, fi be a potential stimulus for nightmares.

De prevalence of nightmares insyd kiddies (5–12 years old) be between 20 den 30%, den prevalence insyd adults be between 8 den 30%. Insyd common language, na de meaning of nightmare extend as a metaphor to chaw bad things, such as a bad situation anaa a scary monster anaa person.

Read further

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• Siegel, A. (2003). "A mini-course for clinicians and trauma workers on posttraumatic nightmares".
• Burns, Sarah (2004). Painting the Dark Side : Art and the Gothic Imagination in Nineteenth-Century America. Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Are Imprint. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23821-3.
• Davenport-Hines, Richard (1999). Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin. North Point Press. pp. 160–61. ISBN 978-0-86547-544-1.
• Hill, Anne (2009). What To Do When Dreams Go Bad: A Practical Guide to Nightmares. Serpentine Media. ISBN 978-1-887590-04-4.
• Simons, Ronald C.; Hughes, Charles C., eds. (1985). Culture-Bound Syndromes. Springer.
• Sagan, Carl (1997). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.
• Coalson, Bob (1995). "Nightmare help: Treatment of trauma survivors with PTSD". Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 32 (3): 381–388. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.32.3.381.
• "Nightmares? Bad Dreams, or Recurring Dreams? Lucky You!". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
• Halliday, G. (1987). "Direct psychological therapies for nightmares: A review". Clinical Psychology Review. 7 (5): 501–523. doi:10.1016/0272-7358(87)90041-9.
• Doctor, Ronald M.; Shiromoto, Frank N., eds. (2010). "Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT)". The Encyclopedia of Trauma and Traumatic Stress Disorders. New York: Facts on File. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-8160-6764-0.
• Mayer, Mercer (1976). There's a Nightmare in My Closet. [New York]: Puffin Pied Piper.
• Moore, Bret A.; Kraków, Barry (2010). "Imagery rehearsal therapy: An emerging treatment for posttraumatic nightmares in veterans". Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2 (3): 232–238. doi:10.1037/a0019895.

External links

• Night-Mares: Demons that Cause Nightmares