Silent Reading 2

Nightmare: a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc.

Traumatic events can cause predictable patterns of nightmares:
1) dreams that relive the event
2) relive the emotion using different scenarios
3) dreams that incorporate the event into other parts of life

Nightmares can occer from stressful events, such as :
-surgery
-being left alone
-being dropped
-being hungry

The peak age of crying, the first 6 weeks, is also the peak age of nightmares.