My Experience Observing Terror at Night:
Few weeks back during the school holidays my cute little cousin came over to stay at my place. Her name is Deanna and she is 6 years old. During the day, we had lot of fun together with my nephew Adriel, 1 years old. It was particularly a fun day. The weird thing was when it came to sleeping time. After a long hours of play and fun. Finally, Deanna and I went to bed. She was sleeping beside me. As hours went by suddenly around 3.00 am. I heard her crying and screaming. I woke up and looked at her. She was half awake and sitting down. I tried to wake her up by tapping on her cheek and called her name Deanna Deanna...wake up..The weird thing was she refuse to stop screaming and was repeatedly telling Tiger coming, coming. I wondered. What's going on? I tried to calm her down. By talking to her it''s okay Deanna I"m here.You are safe. When, I tap her on her chest to cool her down. I could feel her heart beating fast. I knew she was afraid and terrorized by the dream but unfortunately my attempt to cool her down failed. After around 10 minutes, she calmed down by herself and went back to sleep.
In the morning, when she woke up and had a breakfast. At the dinner table, I sat beside her and asked her. Do you remember what happened last night? She told me, yes, we were playing ball with Adriel. Then, I continued by asking, Deanna What you think about "Tigers". She was like ''Tigers". They are scary. Then, she continued eating her cereal. I asked Deanna, what did you dream last night? She just looked at me and smiled and said nothing. I was shock. How can she forget what happen last night?! So, I assumed it was a nightmare and forgot about it. Surprisingly, it got my attention when, the same incident happened again the following night.
I knew that, something was wrong. So, I decided to surf on the net and to find out What's going on with Deanna? When, I was looking through articles; I could see the connection with what was going on with Deanna. For example, she was half awake and sitting down, it was difficult for me to wake her up.
After reading, I understood that Deanna was in a deep sleep during the dream. I tried using the ways shown in the article that could help me for preventing night terror to occur again. For example, I asked Deanna to take her bath before going to bed. Unfortunately, things were still the same. I also learn that, I should not try to wake her up. I should just stay beside her and not try to calm down. As, she will eventually calm down by herself. I just have to sit there and make sure she is fine. She still cried and screamed. So,the next night, again, I told her to take a bath but this time I told her a bed time story from the Bible. We slept at the same time as we did the previous night.Guess what, it helped a bit. That night Deanna slept quiet well compared to the first day with less screaming.
Therefore, I continued the method for 3 days. She slept quiet well with no trouble . She just need a fix time to go to bed, a bath and a short bed time story and everything was back to normal. I even told her mummy about it. She told me Deanna was normal at home without any problem. I guess the new environment triggered terror at night to happen.
In the morning, when she woke up and had a breakfast. At the dinner table, I sat beside her and asked her. Do you remember what happened last night? She told me, yes, we were playing ball with Adriel. Then, I continued by asking, Deanna What you think about "Tigers". She was like ''Tigers". They are scary. Then, she continued eating her cereal. I asked Deanna, what did you dream last night? She just looked at me and smiled and said nothing. I was shock. How can she forget what happen last night?! So, I assumed it was a nightmare and forgot about it. Surprisingly, it got my attention when, the same incident happened again the following night.
I knew that, something was wrong. So, I decided to surf on the net and to find out What's going on with Deanna? When, I was looking through articles; I could see the connection with what was going on with Deanna. For example, she was half awake and sitting down, it was difficult for me to wake her up.
After reading, I understood that Deanna was in a deep sleep during the dream. I tried using the ways shown in the article that could help me for preventing night terror to occur again. For example, I asked Deanna to take her bath before going to bed. Unfortunately, things were still the same. I also learn that, I should not try to wake her up. I should just stay beside her and not try to calm down. As, she will eventually calm down by herself. I just have to sit there and make sure she is fine. She still cried and screamed. So,the next night, again, I told her to take a bath but this time I told her a bed time story from the Bible. We slept at the same time as we did the previous night.Guess what, it helped a bit. That night Deanna slept quiet well compared to the first day with less screaming.
Therefore, I continued the method for 3 days. She slept quiet well with no trouble . She just need a fix time to go to bed, a bath and a short bed time story and everything was back to normal. I even told her mummy about it. She told me Deanna was normal at home without any problem. I guess the new environment triggered terror at night to happen.
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