Night terrors

[hippo's hope is HIM]

What are night terrors?

I think I may have had them.

Things I claimed to be demonic activity could have been sleep terrors....what causes them and how do I not have them any more.

I was getting them quite frequently (whatever it was) and I don't as much any more, but there is always that fear that I will have one. For a while I wouldn't even go to sleep because of them.

Thoughts??

[apothanein kerdos]

What are night terrors?

I think I may have had them.

Things I claimed to be demonic activity could have been sleep terrors....what causes them and how do I not have them any more.

I was getting them quite frequently (whatever it was) and I don't as much any more, but there is always that fear that I will have one. For a while I wouldn't even go to sleep because of them.

Thoughts??

Well, sometimes they can be caused by repressed emotions, post tramatic stress syndrome, chemical imbalence, or a host of other things. There are relatively easy ways to cure it.

Honestly, I'd seek a Christian professional on the matter, but most of all pray about it. Definately seek a Christian counselor on the issue because they do have study on the issue.

Also, a night terror is when you're having a nightmare but your body actually moves. Most nightmares are just a natural process of the REM sleep cycle. Night terrors, however, usually cause the person to stand up, hit things in the room, throw them around, ect.

Definately seek help on this.

[hippo's hope is HIM]

Gah. I don't know if that's what it is though.

Like for instance several times....it is like I am dreaming, but it is real, so I think I am not dreaming but I am. So I wake up but I already thought I was awake....but then awake up again so sleep and reality merge together. It REALLY freaks me out when that happens. It happended at my sister's house once. My twin sister was sleeping in the recliner about a foot away from me and I was on the couch. all that freaky stuff happened, the fear came, the realities seem to merge and then I actually woke up and I was screaming. and Kim moved, and I started yelling at her that she wasn't real and that I would just wake up again. and she started saying Beth Stop it beth stop it you are scaring me. and eventually after much talking, and a lot of praying I realized that I was actually awake. and boy I thought I would never sleep again.

Other times especially if I am really sleepy. I see shadows on the wall....or ceiling, but they move and dance, and they appear to get closer to me, as if trying to grab me.

One time I was in the den, and I was fully awake, but the knotches on the wood panelling looked like eyes...they were every where and they were staring at me. and oh it was so eerrie.

When I dream alot of times in my dream there are figures in the shadows that talk to me, but they feel so evil. Or they are like opague being things. and sometimes I don't know if I am dreaming or not.

I have lots of stories, but it it almost 2:00 AM and I have school in the morning.

any more thoughts. I really could use some sound advice about this.

[apothanein kerdos]

Gah. I don't know if that's what it is though.

Like for instance several times....it is like I am dreaming, but it is real, so I think I am not dreaming but I am. So I wake up but I already thought I was awake....but then awake up again so sleep and reality merge together. It REALLY freaks me out when that happens. It happended at my sister's house once. My twin sister was sleeping in the recliner about a foot away from me and I was on the couch. all that freaky stuff happened, the fear came, the realities seem to merge and then I actually woke up and I was screaming. and Kim moved, and I started yelling at her that she wasn't real and that I would just wake up again. and she started saying Beth Stop it beth stop it you are scaring me. and eventually after much talking, and a lot of praying I realized that I was actually awake. and boy I thought I would never sleep again.

Other times especially if I am really sleepy. I see shadows on the wall....or ceiling, but they move and dance, and they appear to get closer to me, as if trying to grab me.

One time I was in the den, and I was fully awake, but the knotches on the wood panelling looked like eyes...they were every where and they were staring at me. and oh it was so eerrie.

When I dream alot of times in my dream there are figures in the shadows that talk to me, but they feel so evil. Or they are like opague being things. and sometimes I don't know if I am dreaming or not.

I have lots of stories, but it it almost 2:00 AM and I have school in the morning.

any more thoughts. I really could use some sound advice about this.

Here's what I suggest. Get a pastor you trust and get a Christian psychyatrist. Meet with them both and see where it goes from there. And keep praying, and pray hard.

[hippo's hope is HIM]

Why do I need a phyciatrist???

and my pastor can't do anything that I've already done. I've annointed my house, my room, my pillow, I pray b4 I sleep, I read verses. It doesn't happen as often any more.... I just really want to know what it is.

[rejoicevermore]

Father we come before your throne of mercies and grace for Beth. Father I pray that You reveal us what the reason of these night terrors, make it clear to my sister. Teach her how to fight against it.

Beth, my sister I know exactly what is going on with you. It is very real, and it is not the dreams you are dreaming. Ask the Lord what the root problem. You need to eliminate something from the foundation of your life. If your sister has the same things? Or only you in the family?

[hippo's hope is HIM]

Only me has them, but she is there to help me sometimes when I get freaked out.

Do you really think it is night terrors? I just thought I was going crazy :oww: nah lol. I am just really curious as to what and why I get those things.

Someone said once it could be to prepare me whats to come. I am hoping to be a foreign missionary, and there is alot of spiritual warfare in that. I can't have weak armor. So they said God is strengthening me.

I don't know lol.

I am off to school. Ya'll have a blessed day I will be back after school.

[nebula]

Sounds similar to what I have experienced.

Objects in the dark always looked like monsters.

The nights I had nightmares, sometimes when I was awake before I went to sleep, or one time I recall after, I'd see things weird. That is, i would be looking at something, and it would seem like the thing got bigger and came closer to me. It was really weird.

I knew a guy in college from Africa who relayed having a similar experience.

I've had nightmares, too, where I'd wake up but still be disoriented like that. I remember one time I couldn't recognize my family. What is weird was that at one point my mind started recognizing, but the rest of me was reacting in fear. IT was weird.

At that point, my dad prayed over me. When he was done, I felt and sensed things normal again.

There's a fine line between the physical and the spiritual, and it can be tricky discerning how much is one verses the other in times like this.

I do know, however, that fear and torment are marks of the enemy.

A thought - read (and proclaim as you read) Psalm 91 before you go to bed each night.

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

shall abide in the shelter of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord,

"He is my refuge and my fortress

my God in Him I will trust...."

Hope this helps!

:hug:

Prayin' for ya!

[apothanein kerdos]

Why do I need a phyciatrist???

and my pastor can't do anything that I've already done. I've annointed my house, my room, my pillow, I pray b4 I sleep, I read verses. It doesn't happen as often any more.... I just really want to know what it is.

A professional in the matter will not only be able to determine if these are night terrors or something deeper, but they'll also be able to pray with you on the matter. A pastor will be able to lend support to you if it is something deeper. One this is for certain, whether these are a natural occruance caused with your mind or a spiritual attack, you're going to need people to help you along and out of them.

[Ovedya]

I've done some research into night terrors, as my middle daughter used to get them pretty frequently.

A night terror is nothing like a nightmare; that's the first thing you need to understand. The period of time that you dream is during what is called the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) period. It is a period of deep sleep. Night terrors differ from that because the "terror" occurs before you enter the REM period.

A person who gets a night terror will almost never remember anything about the dream. In fact, most times is a person wakes up from a night terror he or sh won't even know how they got there. They'll be confused an a little disoriented.

Researchers do not know the exact cause of night terrors, but they do know some remedies that work. Trying not to eat anything within an hour of going to bed seems to work the best. Also, keeping physical activity to a minimum works good. It seems to have a lot to do with the amount of stimulous you receive before sleeping. Night terrors also run in the family, just like most other sleep disorders.

The bottom line is that there is nothing to fear from having night terrors. They are not physically or mentally harmful in any way, and they usually go away by themselves, or with some regulation in your sleeping habits.

Hippo's, it sounds to me like your cases of night terrors are pretty mild. With night terrors sometimes you sleepwalk, and most times your eys will be wide open. In my daughter's case, she would walk down the hallway literally screaming at the top of her lungs with her eyes wide open. When we would approach her she either would not recognize us, or she would think that we were elements of her dream. Then sometimes she would be perfectly cognizant; we could talk to her and she would respond - yet she was still asleep.

Try to limit the amount of physical activity you engage in before going to bed. Even limit the amount of T.V. you watch before bed. Don't eat anything within an hour of bedtime, and stay off the phone. The best thing is to lie in bed and read a book - preferably the Bible - for an hour or two before turning out your light.

If you want to read more on the subject of night terrors, take a look on the web: http://www.nightterrors.org/

There's a ton of info on sleep disorders on the web. They are very helpful.