night tremors
Slumber's fearful episodes
Night tremors are episodes of intense fear, screaming, or thrashing during sleep, most common in children.
The person appears terrified but remains asleep and typically remembers nothing afterward.
Distinguished from nightmares, which occur during REM sleep and are remembered, night terrors happen during deep non-REM sleep.
Also called sleep terrors or night terrors.
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- parasomniaAbnormal behavior while sleeping
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- episodesDistinct parts of a series
- sleep disturbancesDisorders disrupting normal rest
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