Night terrors tend to happen in a sleep stage known as deep sleep, rather than when in REM, which is when nightmares happen.

This article was medically reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. Night terrors are a sleep condition that involves thrashing ...

Do you know a child who screams and jumps out of bed at night while still asleep? The child might be experiencing sleep terrors -- a frightening event for those who see it, but usually not a cause ...

Night terrors are a type of parasomnia—a group of sleep disorders that cause you to wake up abruptly in the middle of the ...

Both night terrors and sleepwalking are things that can happen to children when deep sleep gets interrupted suddenly and the body becomes active, albeit in an automatic, non-thinking, non ...

What are night terrors? Created with Sketch. The phrase “night terrors” refers to a kind of sleep disturbance in which an individual screams, cries, or otherwise appears consumed by intense ...