Heart pounding, I sit bolt upright in bed, flushed, sweaty and utterly panicked. My brain has snatched me from a nightmare — a dream so alarming I wake up. I’ve only had one or two such night terrors, ...

Vivid, upsetting nightmares happen sometimes. When they occur regularly and affect your ability to sleep or function, you may have a nightmare disorder. Sleep therapy, medications, and desensitization ...

Nightmares and bad dreams don’t share a bed. While they likely evolve from the same essential phenomenon, nightmares and bad dreams differ in intensity and content. Nightmares typically include: ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has demonstrated a new way to treat narcolepsy-related nightmares. The scientists combined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and lucid dreaming to help patients in a ...

A single nightmare is scary enough, but when you keep having nightmares—maybe even the same one over and over—you may dread going to sleep. Fortunately there are ways to deal with nightmares, and even ...