2007-05-16 22:44:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Unlike nightmares, which are frequently a scary event dream (e.g. a monster under the bed, falling to one's death, etc.), night terrors are not dreams. Usually there is no situation or event (scary or otherwise) that is dreamt, but rather the emotion of fear itself is felt. Often, this is coupled with tension and apprehension without any distinct sounds or visual imagery, although sometimes a vague object of fear is identified by the sufferer. These emotions, generally without a focusing event or scenario, increase emotions in a cumulative effect. The lack of a dream itself leaves those awakened from a night terror in a state of disorientation much more severe than that caused by a normal nightmare
2007-05-16 22:48:32 · update #1
You're describing what my doctor called a severe panic attack, so I'd have to say that it's chemical rather than demonic.
2007-05-16 22:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have 'em when I was a kid. I found that they only happened when I sleep on the back of my head - something presumably connected to the back of my brain being warmer that the rest of it.
Demonic? Nonono no, this is an entirely physical, neurological condition. It can be generated in the lab with strong electromagnetic fields applied to parts of the head.
The workings of our brains are certainly wonderful, but it's foolish to assume that they're supernatural in any way just because they're mysterious - especially when they aren't mysterious at all to science, neurochemists and others studying the stuff directly.
CD
2007-05-16 22:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you called it a demonic force, implying that it's real, then the aleins that some people see during a night terror would also have to be clasified as real. Besides, they have brain readings that prove this a brain induced response.
2007-05-16 22:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by punch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 22 year old son has night terrors. I feel so sorry for him. He wakes up in a panic and is "terrorized". I think it is something chemically or neurologically. I do not believe it is demonic in nature.
2007-05-16 22:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's possible, but would not say definitively yes.
2007-05-16 22:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by god_chic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i'd call it pizza!!!!!!! i do use a Native American dream catcher!
2007-05-16 22:52:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋