ok, so we took the gaffer to see the doctor over his insane amount of nightmares. (for the past two months he's been having nightmares about 1-6 times a night, every night. seriously. i'm exhausted)
the doctor was nice and did listen properly. so here's the scoop.
we've ascertained that they aren't nightmares, they are night terrors.
difference being nightmares are during REM cycle and you are paralyzed asleep and the nightmare wakes you up. night terror is during the 3rd cycle of sleep (don't ask me to explain) and gaffer sits up with bloodcurling scream and is smashing bug on bed, but he is not awake.
how to break it?
apparently like pavlov did.
so tonight, when he has a night terror i am to get up immediately, go to his room and say 'you're having a bad dream' and tuck him into bed. apparently he will go right back to sleep. this is supposed to break the subconcious cycle. like if someone is sleepwalking and you don't wake them up, they can't break the cycle. whatever. i dont' get it, but i'll do it.
hoping for quick transition. last night was 3 night terrors.
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How did it go last night??
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