re: Adult Night Terrors

Edit: Get a dog. Exercise. Drink more water.

When the body is tired work the mind. When the mind is tired work the body.

If you die on a subway track so be it.
Everybody dies. That's not what matters.

I started having night terrrors when I was around 20. The terrors are rare and I may only get them if I am very tired and very stressed. The nightmares don't vary much and usually involve any one of two or three themes. A favorite is I'll suddenly realize that the floor around my bed has dropped away and my bed is 100 feet in the air. It's very terrifying. The weirdest thing is my eyes will be wide open during these night terrors. I will sometimes have a different sort of night terror if I'm sleeping somewhere different like a hotel - I'll wake up and think I'm trapped somewhere and have to find my way out.

Time to call the priest.

I've never noticed that my night terrors occur during any particular time while I'm asleep. But I have noticed that I'll move quickly into a dream state when I sometimes go back to sleep in the morning after having been up and moving around for a bit. Those dreams are not terrifying, but are rather ordinary and very realistic.

Meditation is the cure. I don't do it but know the process.

I hardly ever had them, but then had three or four in the last few months. I am keenly aware of what is going on--usually someone in the room trying to get me and I'm fighting them off or screaming and trying to get away. I usually wake up to my wife shaking me telling me I'm having a bad dream and muttering or yelling in my sleep. One time I even screamed f&@$ you you mother fing so and so (insert cuss words here) which is not like me at all. Usually when this happens I also struggle physically like I'm trying to wake myself up