Living with night terrors - Intro to Psychology

[lajanice]

As someone with PTSD and suffers from night terrors I can relate to all of this, and I resent the smile on the face of this disengaged interviewer who seems to find this all amusing.

[trip]

I've had nigh terrors for over 25 years. It is exhausting and terrifying. I think I'll always have them and just live with it but I doubt I'll ever feel fully rested.

[videogamefreakzz]

maybe it's just me but I remember them most of the time

[blacklightaura]

I’ve been suffering with night terrors for ten years but worse for the past four/five when I got PTSD. I wasn’t aware of how often they were until I shared a bed every night with my fiancé. Sometimes I remember them sometimes I don’t. Mine are so bad I almost hurt myself a lot, it really sucks. Last night I had a night terror I’ve never had before, I opened my eyes to me laying on the street after a car accident I had in 2012... That isn’t part of my PTSD story but I’m really upset I’m just reliving any trauma in my life :(

[Bunnyheaddarling]

My heart feels like it’s gonna explode…I just wake up with a panic attack and I feel lost..I hate it!

[Mamooshka]

I had them for about 5 years during the junior high puberty years. Always the day after watching a scary movie: the night of I wouldn't sleep out of fear/anxiety. The following night I was tired enough to fall asleep, but I think the residual anxiety from the night before would cause a night terror. I remember most of them. It's an awful anxious feeling.

[mermaidparker]

This is such an accurate description for me

[republicanamerican]

Dude ! Why is she smiling, I can’t even take this guy seriously with her as the interviewer

[ChildishDHeritageRider]

I am 31 still having night terrors since I can remember. The most re-occuring for me is the roof caviing in on me. It is so real to me I jump out of bed and start running. I feel worse for my wife who is enjoying a nice relaxing sleep when I destroy that.

[gfantastic]

Why is the girl making that smirking face the whole time? There’s nothing funny about night terrors. It’s extremely debilitating and absolutely terrifying

[aafjeyakubu]

I have them every single night, and I feel so bad for my spouse having to deal with this. I never remember a single thing. I find out about them if someone tells me the next day.

[justinrp]

I'm 33. Last night I had a night terror. I tried to catch a rooster that was going to attack me in my sleep. The night before I thought someone needed help out front of my apartment building so I put on jeans and a shirt but then I realized that no one was outside when i looked out the window. I told myself to go to bed. I fell asleep and then I woke up again with the same idea and got up and put on the same jeans and same shirt again. I was exhausted but still needed to help "the people" out front. I looked at the clock and it was like 5 AM or 4 AM (which was weird because typically I sleepwalk at the beginning of the night) and I realized that nothing ever happens at this time in the morning. At that point I still thought the people that needed help were real, but I had enough logic in my mind to know that these people will just have to wait as I convinced myself that even though I believe someone was still waiting for my help that I wasn't going to help them because they cant be real because of what time it was. I went to sleep in my jeans and shirt.

This stuff happens to me constantly and usually I'm more panicked. Usually my heart is pounding and I'm scared for my life. A few weeks ago I punched through my bedroom window. When I woke up from that I just felt embarrassed, sad and legit crazy. I want help. Can anyone help me?

[jeffratz]

At 61 the night terrors are getting worse same dream being attacked i hav ptsd not sure how much more a human can take??

[annchovey]

I only have them during intense times of stress. I am aware of where I am but I cannot open my eyes or move my body. I try to scream to wake up my husband but it just comes out muffled. I think mine are more or less sleep paralysis although sometimes I have felt something gripping my face.

[azizo]

My brother, when was living with us, used to wake up almost everyday multiple times at night, walking down the stairs and going to the bathroom then going back up to his room all while non stop muffled screams mixed with cursing, and no one could even approach him or talk to him because of his aggressive behavior, this taunted me since i was a child. And now since he's moved living with his wife and kids a couple of years ago, they're experiencing what i experienced, it doesn't help also being in a country where doctors of these kind of illnesses are rare to come by, let alone run into a decent one, so if anyone knows of any cures or is a specialist or can help in some way is more than welcome, maybe my nephews won't have to suffer anymore. thank you

[Frosty-gczl]

I can not remember anything about them but my parents tell me that i get up and sit on the bed and start crying and screaming can someone tell me what to do

[Artemis_jay]

I have PTSD and my night terrors act up under extreme stress. Usually when I try to suppress things. I’ve scared my roommates crying and screaming help in my sleep. I’ve had these for years. The nightmares are always in the same room I’m sleeping in and extremely vivid. I learned how to wake myself up but it doesn’t always work. I wake up usually soaked in sweat. Some times I just give in to them when I’m exhausted.

[kishaboone]

My husband is suffering with this and he doesn't really know how to explain it so this video I've sent to him to explain what he doea because for a long time he didn't believe he would do it!

[gazkishere]

yeah, interview technique, she is filmed separately and edited in, not actually interviewing. She isn't responding to what is being said. She is pretty though

[aaronbaker]

I've never experienced a night terror before, but I can tell that it IS scary to see what could happen to me if I did had a night terror.