AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. Sleep terrors are episodes of screaming, intense fear and flailing while still asleep. Also known as night terrors, sleep terrors often are paired with sleepwalking . Like sleepwalking, sleep terrors are considered a parasomnia-an undesired occurrence during sleep.

Detailed explanation-2: -Non rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias are abnormal behaviors arising primarily but not exclusively during non-REM stage three (N3) sleep. Phenotypes include sleepwalking, sleep terrors, confusional arousals, sexsomnia, and sleep-related eating disorder (SRED).

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-REM parasomnias often occur in people who have a family history of similar parasomnias. Parasomnias that happen during Non-REM sleep include: Sleep terrors: If you experience this sleep disorder, you wake up suddenly in a terrified state. You may scream or cry in fright.

Detailed explanation-4: -(PAYR-uh-SOM-nee-uh) An abnormal disruption of sleep, such as sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep apnea (problems with breathing that cause loud snoring), or nighttime seizures.