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Night Terrors

I wake up screaming, then I fall back asleep. Before the night is over this process will repeat. When I awake for the day I have no memory of my previous evening's most disturbing sleep. These aren't nightmares. They're inconceivable horrors. I think I may be afflicted with what is known as night terrors.

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Tirzah Conway

Date: 12/28/2011 4:48:00 PM

You and me both - I wake up heart pounding at least once a night! Nice write by a fellow insomniac!~Tirzah~

Tony Lane

Date: 12/28/2011 3:53:00 PM

My brother had them when we were kids. They were just as you describe. He'd run up and down the halls screaming. I'd sit him down and hold him until he'd quiet down and then say, "What are we doing here?" He'd go right back to sleep.