How to prevent 'night terrors' in your children

Alanna McGinn explains night terrors. What they are, and what to do if your child experiences them. “It’s when the sleep side of your brain is fighting against the wakeful side of your brain.”
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[jorgeg]

My 2 year old is going thru this tonight… Made me cry to see him this way. Its been 30 minutes so far.

[sharondalrymple-mt]

My child started having them at 3, she's 8 next week. She has them most nights, sometimes as many as 4. She sleepwalks during most of them. I just let her ride them out safely, then put her back to bed when she wake up. I can't wait for her to grow out of them.

[ImmortalIdeas]

IF YOU TRULY WANT TO FIX THIS.
try this....
First don't everbgrap the child...
Next. Think what's their favorite snack.
Ours was cupcakes and cookies.
I would walk into the room and say.
Hey I got some cupcakes and cookies.
And she would instantly stop seeing the nightmare. And reach out for a cupcake.
Now I would also act like I dropped one.
This not only stops the terror but gets them to focus on you.
You are now in the dream.
And as a safe person.
They will be pale at first bit you will see color return to their face. And eyes adjust to you.
The very next time it happens.
Start the code word as you approach the room. This will trigger them. And they will awken faster.
Also now they are familiar with the word and safety.. the child will almost feel embarrassed. Like oh was I screaming again. I'm like oh its no big deal I'm just here to help. And laugh about. Because this leads them to be more comfortable with the situation. Instead of adding..terror.
So... lol.
After 2 weeks. Ours only had them once in a while. Then about a month later they were gone for
I told this to 4 other couples. And they all said it worked. They each had interesting code words. Lol.
But still it's the effect.
If you try this let me know how it worked for you. I'm not saying I cured this. Lol
I just came up with a way to handle certain cases of night terrors.
Ours would scream waking us up in a frantic mess. Running down to her room seeing her standing up screaming. Eyes wide open. Face pale. And not seeing us.
Now what's interesting. Objects were.
Such as bed, nitestand etc. But they were altered in her eyes.
So I had to try something
So I entered her dream calmly and nicely. Create a safe place and the distraction works great. Because dreams aren't stable. They fluctuate fast and in milliseconds. So it's alot easier than you think to distract from the terror.
Anyways. I hope this helps any of you.
;)

[bettybailey]

Both my girls get night terrors when they have a temperature. Its actually the first sign that my eldest is unwell. My youngest had one were there were she thought spiders were crawling all over the bed and all over me. We all felt traumatized after that one 😭

[M_]

My child responds. It helps a bit. Happens when he is over tired.

Thanks for this video.

[Mum_and_LizzyLark]

My daughter had it after her first birthday. She has it only during daytime naps. I thought it was a tantrum, until she wasn’t looking at me. She was asleep. It was awful. It happened almost three times a week. After she began skipping the day time naps, it began to also happen when we are on a drive. She falls asleep on a drive. I can’t help that, and she then has the sleep terrors. It’s hard to ignore when she tried to get out of the car seat.

What worked is when she starts to fall asleep, I wake her up, made sure she looked at me, and was half awake, and I let her continue her sleep.

This is the only thing that ever worked. I can’t catch this when we are on a drive.

Early head start also suggested biofeedback. We live three hours away from a big city, so we haven’t tried it yet.

[janis.rawtruth]

Within 2 weeks of initiating a strict gluten-free diet, the patient had a significant reduction in nightmares.

[metricdeep]

Perception was distorted to the extent beyond comprehension. Visual and auditory distortions that I just could not understand. My curtains looked so massive and so close that I was like a single atom compared to the Earth…yet they stretched to infinity visually……they just went on forever…but I could still see the ceiling above them. My fingers felt like planets that were so close they could rub against each other. It means nothing by its description……but when you know it’s real…..it’s so un-normal. Everything was distorted to an extreme. Sounds would be whisper soft and miles away, then suddenly rush in like thunder and be right inside your head….vicious words and emotions…just swirling and dive bombing your senses. From silence to absolute deafening levels….from moment to moment. The fear that this creates is immeasurable. Nothing makes sense to your senses. Nothing prompted or prevented them. I got older…..and the feeling of changing/distorted perceptions became fascinating and I actually tried to encourage the onset…..out of curiosity. I was still fearful…..but old enough to know nothing was truly a real threat to me physically. The fear was not of physical harm….but more like an unending doom and fear…..maybe worse than death. They went away and never came back. Once I got genuinely curious about it…..it stopped. I thought later that it could have been my senses attempting to calibrate themselves…..and just being off the mark. They didn’t have bad intentions…..they just growing differently than the rest of me. They sure felt like hell was present in every normal everyday things. It was truly awful. Always happened just after bedtime as I fell asleep. Terror is a nasty place. I think I was about about 7-10 yrs when this took place. Later, I would just cry helplessly and want to be in my parents bed….but could still not stop crying. Maybe this makes sense to someone else. I have never had anyone else know this same experience. Just sharing as it may help someone know they aren’t alone. I will paste this on many of these sites in hopes it may help.

[XxReeses]

I used to get them in 3rd grade and 5th grade. I would sometimes walk when I'm sleeping. It's was really weird when my dad told me about it.

[TheDriverpreneur]

This happens to my daughter I was really worried and started paranormal phenomenon thank God for YouTube

[AdalynneMejia-skpx]

My sister is 4 and she just started having it

[JessicaSimpson-vk]

I am 9 years old and I am a girl but I have had night terrors had it for about two months now and I have walked around at 3am is what my mom and dad say and I scream and cry and kick and stuff and i can’t hear my mom and dad or anything but when I hear noises I will wake up but I am not and my mom or my dad is screaming at me trying to wake me up all the time and it’s so scary and I have been crying and screaming and when I wake up I don’t remember anything and my mom and dad are like what was that and I am like what and it’s scary my mom and dad they try to help me but I never know what they are trying to do I miss my old sleep

[alinionita]

Sounds good doesn’t work. Nothing works. I tried everything! Waking up before. Good sleep hygiene. Eliminating worries. Tea essential oil’s no electronics. NOTHING. This started this year. We all had COVID and he had fever for 24h, and in that night it was the very first time I saw that!!! After in 2 weeks we had 1 more and again 10 days no issues. Then it started again, and again until now it’s daily. Luckily it’s only a maximum a 3 to 5 minutes episodes BUT, his voice it’s totally destroyed!!! It’s a month now and it’s still happening every night. Oh and it’s in the first hour. Sometimes, if he falls asleep immediately it’s even after 40 minutes 🥹🥹🥹😅😅😅. Please if someone knows something else, PLEASE, for the love of God tell us. Thanks

[ARMY_RUGS]

my son two days ago was screaming and shouting spider spider, he was shaking and sweating. But i knew about night terrors so i wasnt bothers his mum was traumatised tho. the episodes happened twice that night . All results from him being sick and having temperature. Again I recommend you change the bed space decorate it with nice pictures and images. Or better still let him sleep with you for a week to get over that. ITS SCAARY!!!

[WVAlmostHeaven]

Yes, wake them. Otherwise, they're crawling away from you because they are not awake and don't recognize you. It's scary. Once you wake them they realize oh it's you it's okay.

[JoeArian]

I had night terrors all my childhood and now my 2 year old gets them I feel bad because they say it’s genetic

[theathomas]

I had car crash and it gives me night terrors

[pranavika]

This happened to me in morning. This is second time for me. First time I had it in last month. I am currently 16. I too have epilepsy disorder. I have the same symptoms but the difference is after my sudden waking up I remember partially. What does it mean in the whole??

[theathomas-nsqb]

I had night mare after Halloween event because I saw clowns

[d.]

Children are spiritually awake. You didn't have a baby, you brought a soul from the spiritual realm into this reality. You are not asleep you are in the 5D, for 1/2 if your life. They should not grow out of it, you as a parent need to understand your spiritual self to prepare them and protect them. They are having physcic attacks as they sleep which is scary and intense. Using frequency music, calling in the angels, understanding crystals will help. Most people have no clue what they are doing, and these children need physic protection. Not medication or doctors. 🧿