what is nightmare disorder?

Answer 1

Hi,
Nightmare Disorder. Frightening dreams that tend to recur frequently and awaken a person from his/her sleep may lead to nightmare disorder. These dreams usually contain terrorizing or threatening content. Usually, the person can recall the nightmare in detail. When the person awakens, he/she is full of anxiety and usually finds it very difficult to return to sleep. Children frequently complain of nightmares, but they almost always outgrow them.
The major diagnostic criteria is as follows:
The person repeatedly awakens with detailed recall of long, frightening dreams. These usually occur in the second half of the sleep or nap period and concern threats to security, self-esteem or survival.
The person quickly becomes alert and oriented upon awakening.
These experiences (or resulting sleep disturbance) cause clinically important distress or impair work, social or personal functioning.
They don't occur solely during another mental disorder (such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or a delirium).
The symptoms are not directly caused by a general medical condition or substance use, including medications and drugs of abuse.
I hope that help you.

Answer 2

Nightmare disorder is an adult phenomenon, indicative of some severe stress or unresolved conflict in their lives. The person awakens suddenly and remembers a horrible nightmare.

Night terrors, on the other hand, usually occur in children around 7 to 12 years old, and do not necessarily involve nightmares. Often the child cannot recall why the terror occurs. Having suffered from these as a child myself, the most terrifying thing about them was that no one would or could tell me why they happened. I had not suffered any trauma and I was not in a particularly stressful period.

Answer 3

Nightmare disorder is a sleep disorder characterized by frequent awakening from nightmares with a vivid remembrance of the dream. It is often caused by a major stressful event or from the use of SSRIs, such as Prozac and Effexor. Most cases reported begin at the age of 10 after a stressful life event. The frequency of the episodes is varied form person to person; generally one will suffer from three or four episodes every week.

Answer 4

"This disorder is typified by repeated awakenings from sleep with detailed recall of frightening dreams. These dreams are typically vivid and quite extended and usually include threats to survival, security, or self-esteem. Often there is a recurrence of the same or similar themes. The dream experience or the sleep disturbance resulting from the awakenings causes significant distress."

Answer 5

Hi I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and along with my diagnosis comes nightmares.Nightmares of my deceased husband who committed suicide either hes telling me he misses me take his hand and walk with him,or im in a car accident and he carries me out of the window and runs away with me,or im trapped in a fire and he is there too,or he tells me that if i dont kill myself soon he is taking one of my children.Terrible nightmares almost everynight.If you have a nightmare disorder,you will surely know it.

Answer 6

desires are a worry-free occurrence. once you awaken crying quit and initiate guffawing a dream is an phantasm there is not any fact to it. once you confront your nightmares they are going to circulate away.

Answer 7

I believe they are also commonly called night terrors