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Night-terrors

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G13
, 01-20-2011 at 11:52 AM (1830 Views)
I get night-terrors on occasion. If you're unfamiliar with them they are waking nightmares basically. I don't really want to get into describing how they come about because it's all over my head really.

I used to have them a lot when I was a kid, now I'm lucky enough to only have one or two a year. I can't even begin to describe what I see or the fear I experience. I understand that different people have varying degrees of intensity. Mine get pretty bad and last longer than I'd like them to.

At first I would just get up and wander around but after a while I started fighting people. Sometimes I'd just get up and run and do my best not to get caught. The last few years, when I have one, I try to harm myself. It sounds weird, and the circumstances behind my reasoning while "under the influence" make it even weirder, but I have no control over myself at those times.

The last few years I've had what I call "waking night-terrors" in which I feel the way I do during a night-terror but I'm fully awake. It's really weird. My vision slows down, like everything is in slow motion, but I move and talk at normal speed, which makes me feel like I'm going super fast. It's like I'm on drugs or something, it's really strange. Sometimes I worry about living on my own and having one. Or if I'm sleeping over at a girlfriend's house and I have one. How would that play out?

I'm not really sure why I'm blogging this. I had one of those waking ones a moment ago, and about a week ago I had a full on night-terror. I don't like that I had two so close together. Ah well, one good thing from them is that I've gotten some interesting writing material from the I've seen and felt.

I would go into detail about the things I've dreamt that cause them but this is weird enough to be blogging about here and putting it all out in public seems a bad idea. PM if any of you who may read this are curious about anything, though. I wouldn't mind talking about it privately with certain trusted people.
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  1. Remon's Avatar
    Scary...I had one too, but all i did was scream my brains out and woke my parents up. I couldn't move though. Luckily i suffer from sleep paralysis
  2. theundeadhero's Avatar
    I have about one or two a year. My last one was in December. I kinda beat up the person next to me and then woke everyone else up screaming.
  3. sharkythesharkdogg's Avatar
    My ex-wife had one night terror episode during our marriage. I think she had more when she was younger. She didn't walk though. I woke up because I just felt something was "wrong". She had apparently been stuck awake, but unable to move for a while (half hour, maybe) because her pillow was wet from tears.

    She also suffered from frequent panic attacks so my first instinct was to hold her and comfort her, but apparently that was NOT the correct thing to try. I guess because she was in a dream state or something that made things worse. I learned later that me holding her made it much scarier and did nothing to help her "wake up." She was already pretty much awake, so I don't know a better way to phrase it.

    So perhaps giving future girl friends a heads up about what's going on and how to handle it would be best. I know it's personal, but if they're sleeping over hopefully they're someone you trust.
  4. fire_of_avalon's Avatar
    I've never had night terrors but I do have really vivid dreams, which means I have really vivid nightmares. I've woken up from them crying, screaming or ready to fight someone. Not nearly as severe as night terrors, though.

    My little cousins, as I call them, both suffered (?) from rhythmic movement disorder when they were small children, though. That was a pain in the ass if you had to sleep with them.

    Have you ever seen a sleep specialist? You should see if you can see one for free if you offer to let yourself be studied.
  5. G13's Avatar
    @sharky - I get what you mean about the already being awake bit. It's very difficult to describe how I can have a nightmare while "awake".

    @foa - I thought about doing a sleep study when I was younger but since I don't have them that often as an adult I just kind of forget about it until it happens. I should probably look into it.
  6. fire_of_avalon's Avatar
    I just realized what I said in the comment I left, so I'm going to edit myself here, in case the internet police come for me. By "sleep with them" I mean "share a sleeping space with them and not rape them."
  7. sharkythesharkdogg's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
    I just realized what I said in the comment I left, so I'm going to edit myself here, in case the internet police come for me. By "sleep with them" I mean "share a sleeping space with them and not rape them."
    I'm sorry to hijack your thread Guardian, but this made me laugh. I didn't even think of it that way, but some one probably would get all pissy over it.
  8. G13's Avatar
    xD You didn't hijack anything, man. That's funny.