Posting on other peoples blogs – night terrors.
This is in response to this blog about night terrors.
Hi I’m delurking-
It’s gonna be a long one, I’ve not talked about this for years, I though I was the strange one, but it look like there’s at least 2 of us! LOL
I had night terrors for years as a kid, I was about 2 when it started so mum & dad couldn’t work out what was going on – I would just sit bolt right up & scream & cry then stop & go back to sleep, then in another hour or so I would do the same.
When I got a bit older and could talk a little more they found out it was something called the poog, not a week went by that I didn’t have one of these dreams or would sleep walk because of one of these dreams (I would run out in to the street screaming until they started locking the door) They even took me to the doctors but all they said was it was in my head!
Finally mum got so annoyed she actually shouted at poog to go away & leave me alone & even took the broom to it! For some reason this worked & the dreams got less & less. To my poor mothers chagrin it even became my imaginary friend!
I’ve always had disturbed sleep & it wasn’t until years later in my teens when the poog feeling came back, while I was awake, in the street in the middle of the day just when a storm was coming. I always describe it as the inside outside feeling, it’s when the sky is so dark that you feel like there’s a ceiling, and it’s something to do with the light. Any how I had a full on panic attack & just wanted to scream & run! I managed not to scream but I did run like hell! While running I realised I could hear the poog chasing me, well actually what I could hear was the sound of my own heart beat (this took a few attack to work out) & then it all fell into place for years I was having these night terrors usually when there was a storm brewing, I heard my own heart beat (that soft thud thud you hear sometimes when your heads on the pillow) & for some reason I was having panic attack which manifested as night terrors as I hadn’t woken up properly! Eventually the panic attack stopped, it was made easier because I could rationalise it to my self & run like hell! The night terrors have mostly stopped; some times I still wake up screaming, usually when I’m stressed!
Sorry that was a long post – hope it helped!
Seeya, hugya
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