Poll of the Day > can you have night terrors even though a good dream?

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I was having good dream and woke up in high panic alert mode

Maybe something killed you in your dream and you just don't remember that part

Sufferedphoenix posted...

Maybe something killed you in your dream and you just don't remember that part

Or you were worried that something bad was about to happen, and then you woke up maybe? I don't have night terrors, but that'll happen to me in my dreams that are otherwise happy till the final moment.

I know very little about night terrors however, so take this all with a grain of salt. It's speculation that isn't based off of much. I would however recommend trying to find someone that does understand them and ask them if you can.

EchoBaz posted...

Or you were worried that something bad was about to happen, and then you woke up maybe? I don't have night terrors, but that'll happen to me in my dreams that are otherwise happy till the final moment.

I know very little about night terrors however, so take this all with a grain of salt. It's speculation that isn't based off of much. I would however recommend trying to find someone that does understand them and ask them if you can.

What I find weird is in recent history if I'm having a bad dream I can realize I'm just in a dream and be like nope not doing this then suddenly wake up. And it's usually not a scary dream just one involving things that are currently stressing me out in real life. Like when I lost my last job I kept having dreams of me still working there.

no, just classic night terrors.

I've learned firsthand that a vitamin B1 deficiency and eating too much carbs and sugar and eating too frequently caused this and nightmares. Since I've completely changed my diet and get more B1 (Thiamine) which grass fed organic eggs and unfortified nutritional yeast are some of the best ways, it's really made a difference and I don't have this anymore.

I dream like once a year for a full week. Most of them are nightmares.

I have work up from a good dream feeling sad because I wish said dream was real. That was many moons ago and my dreams for years now have never been good.

wwinterj25 posted...

I have work up from a good dream feeling sad because I wish said dream was real. That was many moons ago and my dreams for years now have never been good.

Yeah I've had one like that. The dream was basically a montage.. met a girl fell in love had passionate sex woke up to some bomb ass breakfast ended up married and shit...

Nightmares and night-terrors are actually different things. Nightmares occur in REM sleep and night-terrors occuring during non-REM sleep or between sleep cycles. You don't sleepwalk during the stages of sleep where you dream. It's the night-terrors where you randomly cry, scream, and thrash in your sleep without remembering it. You don't dream during a night-terror, you just go apeshit a little bit.

You only remember the periods of sleep where you dream. That's why dreams seem to jump topic; because they are actually multiple dreams separated by periods of sleep that ate impossible remember. If you were having a good dream but woke up suddenly in a panic, you probably had that dream a while ago and it was during the bout of non-dreaming sleep that something happened to wake you up. It just creates the illusion that you woke up directly from a dream.

Could have been as simple as the ice-maker in your fridge making a noise and startling you awake.

Flappers posted...

Nightmares and night-terrors are actually different things. Nightmares occur in REM sleep and night-terrors occuring during non-REM sleep or between sleep cycles. You don't sleepwalk during the stages of sleep where you dream. It's the night-terrors where you randomly cry, scream, and thrash in your sleep without remembering it. You don't dream during a night-terror, you just go apeshit a little bit.

You only remember the periods of sleep where you dream. That's why dreams seem to jump topic; because they are actually multiple dreams separated by periods of sleep that ate impossible remember. If you were having a good dream but woke up suddenly in a panic, you probably had that dream a while ago and it was during the bout of non-dreaming sleep that something happened to wake you up. It just creates the illusion that you woke up directly from a dream.

Could have been as simple as the ice-maker in your fridge making a noise and startling you awake.

I always move in my sleep. Doesn't mean I'm scared of something.

Revelation34 posted...

I always move in my sleep. Doesn't mean I'm scared of something.

You do lots of weird stuff in your sleep. People move, vocalize, orgasm even, and some stages of sleep are associated with hallucinations. But there's a difference between moving in your sleep and actual sleepwalking, which is a parasomnia.

ya, i have epic amazing dreams