Word Finder - nightmares

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A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.

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Sleep paralysis.

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A very bad or frightening dream.

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I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.

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Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.

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Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.

Katie watched him go, her nightmares in her thoughts and her heart pounding.

Nightmares weren't his only problem, though.

We all agreed Howie's nightmares were a serious problem.

Deidre swallowed hard, images from her nightmares returning.

With it came a host of nightmares.

I didn't mention his blossoming love life, but expressed concern over his serious problem of nightmares.

Maybe that was the cause of the nightmares.

Sufferers often relive their traumatic experience through nightmares and flashbacks.

He has nightmares about being stripped, spat and urinated upon.

The encounter with the mugger was such a harrowing one that he still has nightmares about it to this day.

Some parents worry that their child is afraid of the dark or has nightmares.

Nightmares can happen as a direct result of that stimulation.

Most likely, common nightmares are just a way to process information and work on out conflicts in the mind.

With guidance from a sensitive parent, a child's nightmares can provide an opportunity for parents and children to gain a deeper understanding of, and find solutions to childhood anxieties and insecurities.

Ramsay is best known as the foul-mouthed host of reality TV show Hell's Kitchen and he's also at the helm of other shows, including Kitchen Nightmares.

This can be from memories you have from when it first happened, flashbacks when confronted with triggers that remind you of the event, and/or nightmares about it.

Children in foster care may have nightmares, problems sleeping or eating, and may be depressed, angry, and confused.

Children in this age group tend to be more troubled with nightmares and night terrors than younger children.

Sleep disruptions such as nightmares tend to increase with this age group as the child has more life experiences and anxieties to process.

Nightmares occur during REM, or dream-time, sleep and trigger a partial or full awakening.

Nightmares are a type of sleep disruption, or parasomnia, characterized by frightening psychological content.

Nightmares provoke a feeling of imminent physical danger with a sensation of being trapped or suffocated.

Nightmares are a universal human experience occurring throughout the lifespan.

Nightmares are greatly influenced by the particular stressors and anxieties present in the child's waking life.

Typical childhood nightmares include dreams of abandonment; of being lost; of falling; or being chased, bitten, or eaten by a monster or hostile animal.

Dream researchers have observed a developmental progression in the content and frequency of children's nightmares.

Nightmares are different than the non-dream sleep disturbance known as a night terror, which causes only a partial arousal from deep sleep and occurs during the first period of sleep known as slow-wave sleep (SWS).

Sleep researchers and developmental psychologists generally agree that nightmares first occur in children from 18 months to two years of age.

Nightmares are common throughout childhood, changing somewhat in content and frequency as children move through different developmental phases and acquire more skills to cope with the changing realities and stresses in their lives.

Childhood nightmares are a normal maintenance function of the developing brain.

These distressing emotions provide the basis for nightmares.

Children who have been traumatized may suffer ongoing post-traumatic stress and express it through recurring nightmares.

Certain medications used to treat asthma, allergies, and seizures can be a causal factor in the onset of sleep disturbances and nightmares.

Nightmares usually diminish in frequency and intensity over time.

Recurring nightmares may indicate an ongoing problem that the child is having difficulty resolving.

Nightmares are a common childhood parasomnia and medication is rarely indicated.

Nightmares are a sleep disturbance that is part of a normal adaptive mechanism of the developing child.

Childhood nightmares are a normal process of coping with new challenges and integrating new life experiences into the child's understanding of the world.

Nightmares are part of the normal developmental process that literally provide a "wake-up" call to both parent and child to pay attention to strong feelings and problems that may require some resolution.

Nightmares diminish as children feel more confidence and control in their lives.

If nightmares persist and intensify they may indicate a situation in the child's life that needs to be changed rather than worked through with dream problem-solving.

Eliminating the stimulation of television or video games at bedtime, particularly violent television shows, movies, and games may reduce the nightmares brought about by these unnecessary and sometimes disturbing stimulations.

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If you want to be a leprechaun out of the traditional tales, Buy Costumes also has a leprechaun costume with a scary mask included, guaranteed to induce nightmares.

This poster might even cause nightmares.

Movies like Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and The Birds were all popular in the 1960's, giving audiences thrills and nightmares for months.

If you will be watching movies with younger children present, it might be better to choose a less scary movie, as disturbing horror movies can give children nightmares.

Michael Myers, the main character, is an iconic serial killer many people have had nightmares about after seeing one of the Halloween franchise movies.

Some NDErs recount how they descended into hell and saw all kinds of torturous existences found only in the darkest of nightmares.

Now he's back with Kitchen Nightmares, where he visits failing U.S. restaurants and turns them around for the better.