I remember when I had my first panic attack, I could not figure out what was wrong with me. I was a junior in high school and just arriving home.
I ended up vomiting all over my front yard mid-panic attack. It was gross and humiliating. Anyways... I've struggled with mental illness for years.
There are articles exploding across the internet about how childhood nightmares and teen psychosis are actually linked!
I ended up vomiting all over my front yard mid-panic attack. It was gross and humiliating. Anyways... I've struggled with mental illness for years.
There are articles exploding across the internet about how childhood nightmares and teen psychosis are actually linked!
Every time there is a new study about nightmares I pretty much obsess over it. I am always trying to figure out why I have had these vivid, horrific nightmares my entire life. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get to the bottem of it.
Anyhow, Here's what they are all buzzing about:“The presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms as confounding factors in those with sleep disturbance could potentially explain the findings. Experience of stressful events has also been related to both the development of both nightmares and psychotic symptoms in late childhood and may be important,” said lead author Dr. Andrew Thompson, from Warwick Medical School.
“It is likely that in some individuals, nightmares and night terrors have little significance to later psychopathology. However, in individuals with additional risks such as a family psychiatric history or a past exposure to trauma by adults or peers, such sleep problems may have greater significance and may also highlight other unnoticed psychopathology or trauma.” - Psych Central
I think it makes sense, persistent nightmares and night terrors would make anyone crazy! It's all a matter of how soon they start in your life. So what do you think?
Anyhow, Here's what they are all buzzing about:“The presence of anxiety and depressive symptoms as confounding factors in those with sleep disturbance could potentially explain the findings. Experience of stressful events has also been related to both the development of both nightmares and psychotic symptoms in late childhood and may be important,” said lead author Dr. Andrew Thompson, from Warwick Medical School.
“It is likely that in some individuals, nightmares and night terrors have little significance to later psychopathology. However, in individuals with additional risks such as a family psychiatric history or a past exposure to trauma by adults or peers, such sleep problems may have greater significance and may also highlight other unnoticed psychopathology or trauma.” - Psych Central
I think it makes sense, persistent nightmares and night terrors would make anyone crazy! It's all a matter of how soon they start in your life. So what do you think?