PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Night terrors can cause severe distress, followed by a state of panic and a sensation of helplessness. Most episodes last 45-90 minutes and are most common as the individual passes through stages 3 and 4 non-rapid eye movement sleep. Night terrors are most common in between ages 4 until puberty.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sleep terrors are a disorder of arousal, meaning they occur during N3 sleep, the deepest stage of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep.

Detailed explanation-3: -We have dreams-including nightmares-during the rapid eye movement (REM) stage. Night terrors happen during deep non-REM sleep.

Detailed explanation-4: -Parasomnias such as night terrors, sleep-eating, and sleepwalking occur most commonly during the N3 stage of sleep. Parasomnias are a category of sleep disorders characterized by abnormal behaviors, movements, and emotions that typically occur while falling asleep, during sleep, or waking from sleep.

Detailed explanation-5: -Night terrors are a benign sleep disorder in children that can occur usually around the ages of one to age eight. Night terrors are when children will wake up in the middle of the night usually around two hours after falling asleep.