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Nightmares

Dream on!

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro | Posted 05.13.2013 | Fifty
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

My mother had dementia. She would call me crying that she had no shoes. When I got to her apartment, it was strewn with shoes, but she was out somewhere, wandering, lost. Every time I forget something, I shudder, sure it's the first sign of dementia.

What I Want My Daughter To Know About Fear

Lyz Lenz | Posted 04.21.2013 | Parents
Lyz Lenz

What you are afraid of is never the thing that gets you, I want to explain to my daughter. So, don't live in fear.

Why Sleep Is So Important For Mental Health

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 04.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Understanding how insomnia and other sleep problems contribute to hopelessness and thoughts of suicide can provide important new options for suicide prevention and treatment of depression and suicidal thoughts.

Superheroes And Their Sleep Disorders

Dr. Christopher Winter | Posted 05.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Christopher Winter

It appears we will have to wait until May 3 to see how Iron Man conquers his insomnia -- which I'm guessing will have something to do with Tony simplifying his life. Fortunately, you don't have to wait that long to address your sleeping hindrances.

Children's Nightmares: A Surprising Source of Psychological Growth

Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.07.2013 | Parents
Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D.

Having bad dreams from time to time is a perfectly normal part of child development. Nightmares can occur whenever a person encounters something new, strange, startling, or threatening in waking life.

What Your Wedding Nightmares Really Mean

Bridal Guide | Posted 05.06.2013 | Weddings
Bridal Guide

Have you ever had a nightmare so terrifying, it took a good five minutes to realize it didn’t actually happen?

A Good Night's Sleep Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

David Volpi, M.D., P.C., F.A.C.S. | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
David Volpi, M.D., P.C., F.A.C.S.

There is no shortage of scientific studies being released on a regular basis showing links between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), insomnia and other s...

Fearful Kids Can't Separate Fantasy From Reality

Posted 02.19.2013 | Parents

By: Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 02/16/2013 09:12 AM EST on LiveScience Ghosts, monsters, the bogeyman — these are the nig...

Why Do We Have Nightmares?

Posted 02.09.2013 | Healthy Living

By Laura McMullen for U.S. News You wake up, panting, from a deep sleep. You went to work naked. You fell into a bottomless pit. You got swept into...

Fear Factor

Chava Tombosky | Posted 01.16.2013 | Religion
Chava Tombosky

Fear usually does what it does best, it forces one to be beholden to it. It is such a good manipulator, that it can even maneuver our thinking into believing that our painful outcomes, the same outcomes we despise, hate and abhor, must be of our own making.

One Novelist's Nightmare - Please Don't Forward to Your Friends

Linda Howard Urbach | Posted 11.17.2012 | Books
Linda Howard Urbach

This was my dream last night: I am riding my bicycle in New York City and I call my old agent and say: "My book is finished." In truth, in the dream, I've only written the first and last chapter but I want to get him "on board" early.

Back to School Nightmares

Bonni Brodnick | Posted 08.29.2012 | Fifty
Bonni Brodnick

I was trying to run down the hall to put my books away so that I could get to gym class on time but I couldn't find my locker. I suddenly remembered that it was five flights up and down a long hallway. When I finally got to my locker, I blanked on the combination. Was it 24-left or right?

May My Dreams Not Come True

Steven Clifford | Posted 10.06.2012 | Comedy
Steven Clifford

My waking life is agreeable, but I have lousy dreams.

What Are Your Parenting Anxiety Dreams?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 09.15.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

Parenting brings actual nightmares. It starts before a child is born, with 59 percent of pregnant women having anxiety-dreams compared with 42 percent of those who had not had a child.

Control Your Dreams Using This Mask

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2012 | Weird News

Ever wake up knowing you had a dream but wondering what exactly it was about, who were the people in it and what it means? Usually these dreams frustr...

Expert Tips For Battling Nightmares

Seed | Posted 01.27.2012 | Healthy Living

Nightmares are a relatively common sleep disorder that affects both children and adults. We spoke to Amy Korn-Reavis, R.R.T., R.S.T., a registered res...

My Favorite Nightmares, Homeless Style

Joel John Roberts | Posted 02.26.2012 | Impact
Joel John Roberts

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Raindrops on tents, with weather so cold. To us, rain's a nuisance; to some, it's a mess. Bright copp...

Why Is Your Ex STILL Haunting Your Dreams?

Rachel A. Sussman, LCSW | Posted 02.01.2012 | Divorce
Rachel A. Sussman, LCSW

Dreaming about an ex can undoubtedly be disturbing -- especially if there are unresolved issues and feelings, or if there was minimal closure during the ending.

What Is Your College Nightmare? (SLIDESHOW)

Rebecca Harrington | Posted 07.16.2011 | College
Rebecca Harrington

At first it seems like a normal day at college. It is gray and cold and I am sitting alone in the cafeteria eating a sad plate of oddly matched f...

Chloe Can't Sleep

Pat LaMarche | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Pat LaMarche

I have many kids of every age in my life all the time. I work in a homeless shelter. The kids at work overflow into my home life. It's the saddest job benefit in the entire world's occupations.

The Location Scout

Charles Russell | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Charles Russell

Do you know what it feels like to have a location scout come to your house? Well, the house I grew up in has it's own agent. No joke!

Dick Cavett on the Mystery of Dreams

Anne Hill | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Anne Hill

It's almost as if anxiety dreams come to taunt us, not with how frail we are, but with how strong we could be if only we could remember it.

President Obama: End the Nightmares, Give Prazosin Back to Our PTSD Veterans!

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Scott Mendelson, M.D.

I am appealing to President Obama, General Shinseki and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Please! Give our soldiers freedom from the horrors of war for eight hours a night.

Nightmares In PTSD: Don't Get Your Blood Pressure Up

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Douglas Fields

Nightmares are one of the most debilitating symptoms of PTSD, affecting 70%-87% of patients suffering from the trauma. Fortunately, a surprising new treatment uses an old medicine to stop them.

Baroness Vadera: 'I Still Have Nightmares About The Financial Crisis'

Telegraph | Louise Armitstead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The former Government minister and one of the architects of the British efforts to rescue the financial system, told a high-level business conference ...