Measurement of Nightmare Experience, and its Application in Research and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
Journal of Psychiatry January 1, 2017 Wei Wang, Jiawei Wang
Nightmares are long, detailed dreams that usually happen during REM sleep. They involve intense negative emotions that lead to waking up, often as a person tries to avoid threats to survival, safety, or physical well-being, and typically results in rapid alertness and orientation upon awakening. Nightmares can also leave lingering negative feelings, cause significant distress, emotional dysregulation, and impair social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.