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Why am I screaming in my sleep?

by Tasha
(Fort Stewart, GA)

So for about the past 3 months I have been screaming horribly in my sleep, I have no recollection of this but my husband or daughter wakes me up and tells me. I cannot ever seem to remember anything.


From what they say I am pretty much screaming as though something bad were happening. He will wake me up and tell me to stop as soon as I fall back asleep I'm screaming again. Its to the point where my husband cant sleep in the bed all night. My husband also states that I do twitch and shake a lot but I never leave the bed. Does anyone know what this could be?

Kevin: Hey Tasha, check out these articles on sleep terrors and sleep talking. They may have some insights to lend you on your quest.

Warmly,
Kevin


(Please keep in mind that I am a student of sleep science and not a medical doctor. Please take any thoughts I give with my background in mind.)

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Jun 09, 2012
 Me Too NEW
by: Anonymous

This same exact thing happens to me. As far as I know it has never happened to me before but does not And it is so frequent that he sleeps on the couch now and sometimes I hit him from my arms swinging! I don't know what to do. I need someone's advice.
Jan 27, 2014
 sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

check out with a sleep doctor. most likely it is sleep apnea. It is when you have pauses of stop breathing in your sleep. check with your doctor. I have it. If i dont use mu machine i have nightmares and screaming. It is terrible.
Jan 27, 2014
 sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

check out with a sleep doctor. most likely it is sleep apnea. It is when you have pauses of stop breathing in your sleep. check with your doctor. I have it. If i dont use mu machine i have nightmares and screaming. It is terrible.
May 29, 2014
 Help NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm 17 years old and I've had inconsistent night terrors and have only had 5 but they have happened recently (within the past 2 years) and one has happened about 20 minutes before writing this. However mine seem to go a lot further than bugs and all that stuff for example this one I've just had was about a guy trying to strangle me in my room and he was wearing a suit and top hat aswell as a vendetta mask. I awoke screaming for help from a friend in the dream and I was shaking and apparently moving voilently in my bed and I am covered head to toe in sweat. Is there anything that causes this and is there any way to stop them as every time it's happened I've woke up with a head ache?
May 29, 2014
 Help NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm 17 years old and I've had inconsistent night terrors and have only had 5 but they have happened recently (within the past 2 years) and one has happened about 20 minutes before writing this. However mine seem to go a lot further than bugs and all that stuff for example this one I've just had was about a guy trying to strangle me in my room and he was wearing a suit and top hat aswell as a vendetta mask. I awoke screaming for help from a friend in the dream and I was shaking and apparently moving voilently in my bed and I am covered head to toe in sweat. Is there anything that causes this and is there any way to stop them as every time it's happened I've woke up with a head ache?
Jun 23, 2014
 Sleep terrors for the past year NEW
by: Anonymous

I am a 48 year old female and the only medical problem I have is high blood pressure. I have never had a problem sleeping. I have always had vivid dreams with few nightmares. Over the past year I have started waking myself up screaming and sometimes calling frantically for my husband. My heart rate is extremely high and I am breathing heavy, scared to death. Sometimes I remember pieces of something frightening that seems to cause this other times I remember nothing. My husband will mention it and I have no recollection of anything. When I do remember the episode it is like seeing snapshots of something and for some reason it scares me horribly. I have seen 2 old men, a young boy at the foot of my bed, things floating above me and beside the bed. I saw a man walk into my bedroom and disappear before my eyes. I have even seen a giraffe!!
I know these are dreams because I wear contacts and can't see without them. I can see these people and things clearly so it must be a dream. I just don't understand what has triggered this and why now at my age?
Aug 06, 2014
 17 & 48 yr old NEW
by: Anonymous

Maybe you are seeing spirits. See someone that can come and cleanse your home, anything is worth a try I say!
Aug 07, 2014
 To the last poster NEW
by: Anonymous

Why did my comment go missing? I only stated the lady could be seeing spirits because of what she stated was. Happening. I still recommend to get her house cleansed if she wants it to stop or get any better
Aug 09, 2014
 Nervous NEW
by: Diana

I just realized also I scream in my sleep then I wake up not remembering why or what I was screaming about. My hands shake sometimes for no reason. I am only 41 could this be REM sleep disorder. If so I would like to get better and help. There are also times I can't sleep I just rest. Now I am nervous to lay down and try and sleep not knowing if I am going to scream or just rest either way I don't feel like I have slept.
Aug 09, 2014
 Nervous NEW
by: Diana

I just realized also I scream in my sleep then I wake up not remembering why or what I was screaming about. My hands shake sometimes for no reason. I am only 41 could this be REM sleep disorder. If so I would like to get better and help. There are also times I can't sleep I just rest. Now I am nervous to lay down and try and sleep not knowing if I am going to scream or just rest either way I don't feel like I have slept.
Aug 09, 2014
 Nervous NEW
by: Diana

I just realized also I scream in my sleep then I wake up not remembering why or what I was screaming about. My hands shake sometimes for no reason. I am only 41 could this be REM sleep disorder. If so I would like to get better and help. There are also times I can't sleep I just rest. Now I am nervous to lay down and try and sleep not knowing if I am going to scream or just rest either way I don't feel like I have slept.
Sep 24, 2014
 You're comment has been posted several times NEW
by: Venus1977

U said your comment didn't show up? Wel it was posted several times, along with the other comment u made which was posted 3-4 times. I think your computer is messed up or you didn't allot the time it took to have the post approved by the site before it was posted.
Sep 27, 2014
 Screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

my husband has told me that I scream in my sleep
I curse and yell I hate you , but I don't remember anything.
I am very concerned, I have no idea who I hate so much that it is effecting me. How can I find out what makes me yell this way

Sep 27, 2014
 Screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

my husband has told me that I scream in my sleep
I curse and yell I hate you , but I don't remember anything.
I am very concerned, I have no idea who I hate so much that it is effecting me. How can I find out what makes me yell this way

Sep 27, 2014
 Screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

my husband has told me that I scream in my sleep
I curse and yell I hate you , but I don't remember anything.
I am very concerned, I have no idea who I hate so much that it is effecting me. How can I find out what makes me yell this way

Oct 13, 2014
 Screaming NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi everyone. I am a 43 female and have been having bad dreams pretty much since I had a traumatic experience in July 2010. I have had a few episodes of sleep paralysis which is REALLY scary. In case no one is familiar with this I will briefly explain. You are half awake & half asleep, and as much as you want to wake up you can't move any limbs. When you try to call out for help you can't speak. I just keep moaning and mumbling hoping someone (my hubby) will rescue me from this nightmarish feeling. I feel as if I were buried alive and placed in a coffin, that's really the only way to describe it. It will take me a good 5 min, or so it seems, til I can move or speak. I still have these type of dreams once in a while, but mostly I have dreams where I wake up screaming really loud and my hubby wakes me and I come out of it confused with absolutely no recollection of what I was even dreaming about. This happens a lot. I also talk and moan in my sleep, or so I am told. I had obstructive sleep apnea that was surgically corrected in 2008 and I've since been rechecked and no longer have it. Anyway I just felt like sharing my story and see if any one else out there has experienced the same or can offer some advice.
Oct 15, 2014
 Half Awake and Half Asleep NEW
by: Anonymous

I hsve been having those types of half sleep half awake nightmarish dreams it seems for as long as I can remember. It feels like I can see the room, but can speak or anything. It hasn't happened in quite some time. It seems to happen years apart. I also am told I scream and moan in my sleep alot lately. I wake up without knowing this has happened until I am told. Those half awake dreams really creep me out. What in the world are those? I am a 47 year old male.
Dec 01, 2014
 I can't help it NEW
by: help

I scream and punch and kick. Sometimes I laugh and kick or cry. I have no idea what I'm doing but it's incredibly embarrass. My son ran out of his room to help me when I was visit him. He said he didn't get any sleep. My friend said the same thing. I have been told I do this every night. I remember nothing. Am I going crazy or something?
Apr 04, 2015
 Screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

Hello am 47 years old I just move to Albany Georgia about 7months ago to be with my boyfriend at the beginning it was great the he start asking my who am talking to on the phone are who call my phone. I have caught him cheating on me more the once I ask him to leave he wont. I take care of myself I work everyday. He really is mean to me he calls me out my name all the time when I as him something I am scare to say anything to him cause he will cuss me out for nothing when he leave he tell me not to open the door. So he been telling me I be screaming in my sleep I don't remember screaming in my sleep can somebody please tell me what is happening to me.
Apr 04, 2015
 To help sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

I suggest crystals, I was not a believer till I tried my daughters had a lot of these thing happening to them, one now wears an amethyst necklace and has a amethyst cluster by her bed ( you will need to cleanse them under water once you buy them then programme them by saying something like "I ask Mother Earth to cleanse this crystal and programme it with white positive and protective light, please protect the wearer from negative energies"

Go to your local crystal shop and explain what's happening and if they understand crystals properly they will advise on the best for your situation. Took me a while to take the plunge, I can't believe the difference. Goodluck
May 07, 2015
 S C R E A M I N G !!!!! NEW
by: Frank.

First of all, to the anonymous user above with the boyfriend. Get that guy out of your life NOW! Really! Call the cops if he won't leave and it's your place.

I was yelling really loud in my sleep last night. No memory of the dream. Woke up everyone in the house.
May 07, 2015
 yeller NEW
by: elke

Several years ago, my boyfriend left me to move to another country. For six months after he left, I yelled every night. Most of the time I woke up, but unfortunately, I also woke my daughter in the next room. I went to a sleep center, but they were only interested in sleep apnea (which I don't have). Later on I spoke to a doctor who told me that they didn't really understand my condition. After six months, the yelling just stopped. Weird.
May 15, 2015
 my experience NEW
by: praveen

Thank you friends for your experience. Its been happening with me a couple of times now but one thing I've noticed that when I lay both hands on my chest and sleep it has to occur for sure. I constantly fight to open my eyes or move but its so strong but then I think of Jesus and Mother Mary and say that whoever or whatever you are now show what you are. It leaves me instantly. Then my aftermath begins I try to recollect what visions they were and somehow I realised that they were telling me or warning me about future which I could avoid easily. In my vision I saw my friend watching TV with me and suddenly left me in an empty room and it was noon however when I went to the balcony it was night. These visions are correlated and I think its we who have to understand them. I might sound stupid but some things cannot be judged by scientific scrutiny. I even saw my mom in my vision she was crying and I was yelling at her which I have never done. But yes now I realize that I've made a mess to my body and that's why she cries in my vision. Sometimes these visions are so scary that I feel I'm screaming like hell but when I ask my roomie he said that I was making a sound like a shivering trumpet. Sometimes I feel exhausted as if it was happening for real. I have now realised that there is a constant fight between good and evil not only in this world but also in our minds. Satan tries his level best to acquire our soul and while we are asleep he finds a chance to enter. Its all about our free will if we let him enter he will. He is a charmer something's look pretty but actually those are illusions. Many times we tell ourselves that its right to do this but that's where we,'re trapped. This dosent happen to me daily but when it happens I recollect and find that I was doing something wrong and I cannot continue doing it. One thing I've realised that whatever it is is afraid of God and I challenge him in the name of god and it flees away. I might sound like a priest but this is what I've experienced and I have my own ways to fight it. I have a locket which has a cross and I hold it tight and shout in my mind Leave me. It works for me .Then I promise that I will change my lifestyle and lead a good life but again Im that dirt.
Jun 16, 2015
 am i crazy NEW
by: Anonymous

am 18 years old and i don't have a tragic past but i wake up screaming almost every night asking for my mum's help.my mum says i have been doing it for almost a year and i dont remember anything from my dreams.please i need help.i wanna know if i'm crazy
Jun 19, 2015
 To remember dreams NEW
by: Anonymous

To remember dreams try repeating 'I will remember the details of my dream tonight' over and over in your mind when you are about to fall into a deep sleep. Then have a book and pen next to the bed to write down as soon as you wake up. Works for me.
Jul 12, 2015
 same... NEW
by: Anonymous

i have the same problem but instead of yelling in my sleep i start screaming profanities and insults....
Jul 12, 2015
 same... NEW
by: Anonymous

i have the same problem but instead of yelling in my sleep i start screaming profanities and insults....
Jul 12, 2015
 same... NEW
by: Anonymous

i have the same problem but instead of yelling in my sleep i start screaming profanities and insults....
Jul 14, 2015
 scared to death NEW
by: UNKNOWN

Well I just need advice but I got to say something well I was just surfing around the internet when suddenly my mother suddenly shouted so loud I was shaking I could not move anymore because of her (temporary) but she was not twitching but what I do know is that if someone yells its not normal pls tell me how pls maybe one day I might get a heart attack
Aug 05, 2015
 Its become totally awkward.Nodoby can sleep next to me anymore/. NEW
by: Ntina

It is becoming so embarassing.Nobody can sleep near me or the next room, as i throw them literally off their bed with my abnormal breathing and horrible screaming as if someone is actually killing me, as my mom says. The funny thing is i recall nothing.I sometimes wake up in great agony and also lately i have been waking up myself terrified by my own screaming or ugly sounds!

i always had bad sleep but the last 10 months after a serious life threatening issue in a hospital where i saw enough blood to make a splatter movie, it has gone pretty worse. 4 years ago i lost the man i love and it dearly cost me, i stopped writing ( i was an author) and i faced this health issue thing, to be honest, it seems seemingly that i am coping with them but in my sleep there is no way to fight my sorrow, my emotional failure and all those one after the other insidents.


ntina

asiamdying@gmail.com
Aug 06, 2015
 why why why... NEW
by: sleepless

Iv had the sleep paralysis... I have screamed in my sleep, sometimes calling for my father other times screaming help and other times just screaming, sounding scared im told. Sometimes i remember parts of dreams, or atleast the fact that i remember being scared... Someone wakes me up, used to be my mother and father waking me now its my girlfriend, im always scared and confused for a few seconds and im sweaty and hotter than hell... I hate it, not only this but i have horrible insomnia, i literally wake up once an hour almost on the hour, this is incredibly annoying and a little scary... Its causing horrible depression i think and incredible anxiety... I hate it. I need help. My parents were great and loving and awesome and all that but they had a horrible drug problem theyr whole lives up until 2006... I also have drug addiction problems. I need help with my sleeping problem and am trying to give any and all info i think might help. Iv thought about suicide several times in my life, have had 3 over doses involving heroin and xanax, again im just telling all this incase it helps with my diagnosis. Thank you for reading... Please help... Chris in Maryland.
Aug 10, 2015
 screaming when I am dreaming NEW
by: Isaac

is fist time happen 2 me this morning I was dreaming on my dream ws with exgrilfreind on dark house, when look outside I sw two were walking round yards is my screaming started , I thought real bt just dream ,
Sep 06, 2015
 Waking up to my own scream NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm a 15 year old female and this has occured to me maybe 4-5 times this year. I have a problem sleeping I feel as if I'm asleep but also awake. I can hear everythig in my sleep, door opening and even a light switch. All I remember is hearing my scream n when I fully wake up I'm sitting up in my bed and everyone's asking why I screamed and I cry because I can't give them an answer.
Sep 22, 2015
 nocturnal seizure NEW
by: Anonymous

Nocturnal seizures....only happens during sleep...you need to have a sleep study done
Sep 27, 2015
 What Is Happening? NEW
by: Anonymous

My mom woke me up last night asking if I was okay and I asked her what was happening. She told me I was screaming in my sleep yelling "NO" "STOP"
and I have no idea what to do. This has never happend before in my life. I am only 14 years old. When I was 5 till 12 I was sexually abused by my own Step-Brother. Now it is being dealt with in court. Could that be why? I can't remember anything when I get up. I have been diagnosed with PTSD, and I have read some stuff on it and there is dreams that seem real but aren't, like I am experiencing everything again. What is this? I am terrified and confused. Someone help.
Sep 27, 2015
 What Is Happening? NEW
by: Anonymous

My mom woke me up last night asking if I was okay and I asked her what was happening. She told me I was screaming in my sleep yelling "NO" "STOP"
and I have no idea what to do. This has never happend before in my life. I am only 14 years old. When I was 5 till 12 I was sexually abused by my own Step-Brother. Now it is being dealt with in court. Could that be why? I can't remember anything when I get up. I have been diagnosed with PTSD, and I have read some stuff on it and there is dreams that seem real but aren't, like I am experiencing everything again. What is this? I am terrified and confused. Someone help.
Oct 06, 2015
 Father experiencing night terrors NEW
by: Anonymous

It's been going on for years. My father who is in his 70's will wake up screaming bloody murder, like someone is after him, same dream as always. We have chalked it up to night terrors, but my poor mother, I don't know how she does it. My father will flail his arms and sometimes hit her. He usually has no recollection of doing it. But it is spine tingling. Not sure what to do.......
Oct 11, 2015
 horrible feeling NEW
by: friend was screaming

While he was sleeping he use to ask me some questions...... Like......hey,whats the time now and I yol him its 1:49am suddenly he said why u didnt wake me up.....I was so embarrassed... And he fall sleep same time we three were...and he use to scream at night....every night he will do some thing......if we ask abt tht to him, he doesn't remember anything... Now also he is making some noise.....is it because of late night sleep or sleeping disorder or stress,anxiety or night terror. Should I need to take him to any psychiatrist?
He is not doing this once or twice in a month......he is doing this almost every night.... But now we are familiar with this bcoz we r seeing this every time when we r asleep.. But we are so tensed about his future.... No one else know about this..



Plz share any suggestions if u have.
Nov 10, 2015
 I have real terrible bad dreams I can't explain NEW
by: donna

Hello I'm 24 years old I live with just my boyfriend just before bed I will have some water and a smoke we are both smokers anyways I get in bed kiss him goodnight then we both fall asleep some times I remember my bad terrible dreams but other times I do not remember them at all but from what my boyfriend tells me I will sit up screaming something hit him and some times yell go away leave me alone and also he tells me I sometimes get up out of bed and try to get out of the bedroom and try to find the door he always wakes me up and trys to help but Its getting to the point I'm scared I will hurt him real bad or myself and not knowing I'm doing it I just won't these terrible dreams to stop I can't take it anymore and when I do kinda remember my bad horbile ddreams I will seat and it scare the shit out of me sometimes I don't even won't to sleep but I've been getting these bad dreams since I was a teenager and it so scary I hate it cause I don't remember them or remember what I'm doing I just get told what I do and that scares me a lot I just won't them to stop I get them alot I mean a lot almost every night hope someone can help me I just don't know what to do about it my boyfriend is real good when it happened he says ones I'm all calm down he hugs me back to sleep and holds me and say don't worry I'm here and I love that but I also won't theses terrible dreams to stop .
Nov 10, 2015
 I have real terrible bad dreams I can't explain NEW
by: donna

Hello I'm 24 years old I live with just my boyfriend just before bed I will have some water and a smoke we are both smokers anyways I get in bed kiss him goodnight then we both fall asleep some times I remember my bad terrible dreams but other times I do not remember them at all but from what my boyfriend tells me I will sit up screaming something hit him and some times yell go away leave me alone and also he tells me I sometimes get up out of bed and try to get out of the bedroom and try to find the door he always wakes me up and trys to help but Its getting to the point I'm scared I will hurt him real bad or myself and not knowing I'm doing it I just won't these terrible dreams to stop I can't take it anymore and when I do kinda remember my bad horbile ddreams I will seat and it scare the shit out of me sometimes I don't even won't to sleep but I've been getting these bad dreams since I was a teenager and it so scary I hate it cause I don't remember them or remember what I'm doing I just get told what I do and that scares me a lot I just won't them to stop I get them alot I mean a lot almost every night hope someone can help me I just don't know what to do about it my boyfriend is real good when it happened he says ones I'm all calm down he hugs me back to sleep and holds me and say don't worry I'm here and I love that but I also won't theses terrible dreams to stop .
Nov 13, 2015
 Been experiencing this since very young NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi, I am 21 and since very young I've been told by my mother that I scream, talk, laugh, cry, kick, and sit up to breath in my sleep.. But I have no memory of me doing any of it. I have heard myself talk, cry, and laugh sometimes but only when I'm kind of about to waking up. She's always told me since I was younger that I scream and kick as if I'm fighting someone and yell "no stop leave me alone!"... But of that I have no memory of I wish I knew what it is because till this day she still tells me I do all of what I have written. Also my younger brother tells me the same things...
Nov 13, 2015
 Been experiencing this since very young NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi, I am 21 and since very young I've been told by my mother that I scream, talk, laugh, cry, kick, and sit up to breath in my sleep.. But I have no memory of me doing any of it. I have heard myself talk, cry, and laugh sometimes but only when I'm kind of about to waking up. She's always told me since I was younger that I scream and kick as if I'm fighting someone and yell "no stop leave me alone!"... But of that I have no memory of I wish I knew what it is because till this day she still tells me I do all of what I have written. Also my younger brother tells me the same things...
Nov 24, 2015
 Waking up screaming with extreme terror NEW
by: Anonymous

I am not American. I am a 35 year-old single boy and it is now about 3 years from the first waking up from fear, which I run screaming after waking up because the fear is so intimidating and strong. It happened 4 to 5 times per month and when this happens I Think I was dying. I fear like Something that I cannot see scare me to death but It happens very quickly because I dont remember a dream. I just wake up screaming very loudly and running from bed. Today afternoon I was sleeping that it occurs again and the fear was very strong that I shout twice while running and felt my heart beating very rapidly to the extent that I thought I had a heart attack and was dying. I think a supernatural being or genie or spirit was doing this to me because I do not have any ream just sudden fear and waking up screaming. Please leave comments if anyone have the same experience or how to deal with this situation. thank you
Nov 26, 2015
 HELP! NEW
by: Anonymous

This has happened last night and the night before. My mom said I was screaming all night long and didn't get any sleep, which I feel bad about. Also, I have an ear infection, so could that play a part in this? Because, I'm 15 and never had this happened till now. I don't remember the dream or why I was screaming so loud! I don't know what to do and I'm scared since this only happened recently. Please help!!
Dec 03, 2015
 Acetaminophen and nightmares NEW
by: Anonymous

Medications people. Antidepressants and even Tylenol. Look it up. It's only ever happened (and it happened almost every time) when I've taken Tylenol (for back pain). search Acetaminophen and nightmares
Dec 04, 2015
 no one has wrote to mine yet NEW
by: donna

Okay so I wrote one on November the 10 of this year and no one has wrote anything to me seriously I come on here wrote a comment about my terrible nightmares I get and not one off you have wrote to me I see a lot off people on here writing things and they get a comment back to them what is my real life story about my nightmares not good enough this shit actually happens to Me I can't control them I'm sick off them and want them to stop before I hurt myself or hurt my boyfriend there serious I mean I don't remember them witch is the scary part I have to get told By my boyfriend who I end up hitting or scream at him he tells MW I try open the bedroom door what if he's in a deep sleep and this happens to me without me knowing it and I end up opening the door and then I go open the front door or what if I hurt him real bad or myself ???? I WANT THESES NIGHTMARES TO STOP FOR GOOD I DONT WONT THEM ANYMORE my boyfriend also tell me that I say go away leave me alone but I say it by scareming and I say it over and over again sometimes I do remember my dreams bit by bit but there bits and Pisces and there real real bad dreams but I only remember then sometimes and I get them nearly every night anyways I would like it if someone would write back to me please thank you
Dec 12, 2015
 You are not alone NEW
by: Anonymous

You are not alone. Medical doctors do not have the answers , so you must find your own solution, such as the crystals for one person or prayers to God for the other person. Meditation prior to going to sleep has improved my sleep outbursts. I tell myself I will relax, sleep peacefully, have good dreams, and awaken refreshed. You can overcome this! Take power over your waking hours and do what is needed to improve your life. Quit that awful job, leave that abusive boyfriend. To those of you with PTSD who have experienced awful tragedies, I'm sending love and light to you. You are not a victim. You are a beautiful person and have power over your life and destiny!
Dec 14, 2015
 Sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

19 years old and have had nightmares still to this day, my mum told me I've always talked in my sleep and walk but over the past year I've started waking myself up by yelling. It's getting frustrating, just want a good night sleep 😓
Dec 16, 2015
 why do i fight an see people in my room at night NEW
by: Anonymous

My husband gose to sleep then he starts to scream out loud an he's curseing at some like there in his room he say he see's them men women children an animals like dogs snakes he says there always on his bed only at night it's scray
Dec 18, 2015
 Screaming so loud NEW
by: Bernie

Hi, I have nights of screaming, over the past 40 years. I am 49, and it's getting to be a regular occurance ... Maybe at least 3 a 4 times a week. I went to my company Christmas party last night and we all stayed at the hotel afterwards. I screamed the hotel down, not only is this affecting my husband, but I am now scared to stay anywhere. I am goi g abroad and staying with friends for three weeks next year. I am so worried, I will do it there. i am going to go to my doctors, and see if they can do something for me.

I live in the UK
Dec 21, 2015
 dream/screaming NEW
by: Kay

I think I am having a dream and then I wake up screaming and the people or animals in that dream are in my room, usually at my bed and looking at me with concern, as if they left the dream and are now in my room, then they disappear they turn to a light gray then black then gone.

It is embarrassing.
Dec 27, 2015
 screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

This happened to me too. As a light sleeper, I always felt when the screaming was about to start and I would wake up to stop it. It's like my body was forcing itself to scream for no reason. I wasn't having a nightmare or anything bad so I don't know why it happened.
Jan 18, 2016
 screaming/talking in sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

omg I'm a 12 year old girl and I've been talking and screaming in my sleep for at least 4 years I believe (or longer). it seems that it mostly occurs whenever I have sleepovers but happens sometimes when I'm alone. recently I slept at my friends house and around 6 in the morning I woke myself up screaming for my mother! for what reason do I do this? can anyone help me? I've woken too many people because of this and I get embarrassed to have sleepovers sometimes now because it never got better. if anything it's getting worse. I've never woke
myself up before my yelling in my sleep and now this is the first time. Help meeee
Jan 19, 2016
 sleeping with boyfriend , girlfriend NEW
by: Anonymous










My comment is why are all these people sleeping with their boyfreinds. girlfriends etc.Have you know pride. its very trashy
y. Aneighbor told me she and her boyfriend didnt need a piece of paper.then he got sick.She could not make any desidtions s for him his estranged family could. he died they got his bussiness his car and most of the home she had to buy them out.












Jan 25, 2016
 Twitching and jumping NEW
by: Del

Most nights while sleeping i been told that i twitch and mumble often shout loud if i at home i often wake myself although when at my girlfriends i will wake her so she will wake me . i am usually dreaming i am 44 and have been like this as long as i remember , i have very vivid and lucid dreams
Feb 07, 2016
 Night Terrors NEW
by: Brittney

I was waking up in sweats almost every night, then one night I was woken up by my own wimper. My boyfriend thought it was cute and funny. But I was concerned. I have anxiety disorder and depression disorder. I decided to do some searching. I found a page that said it may be because someone is stressed or panicking over something. I then searched "is night terrors a symptom of anxiety" and found this page. Maybe some of you on here with night terrors, should do more research on mental illnesses. It's possible you may have Anxiety Disorder. Or like a few have said, a sleep doctor may be able to help. Here's the site I found when I searched it,

http://www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/c/4182/144715/night-panics/
Wishing you well,
Brittney
Feb 23, 2016
 screaming in sleep NEW
by: julia

i have been screaming in my sleep for many years scaring the living daylights out of my sons and daughterits at the point now they are used to it but now think i need to see a doctor they have also heard me speak in a mans voice a deep scary voice,its now starting to scare me why this is happening,i can go months without any thing then it will happen a few times in a week and when it does i wake up paniked bad head and feeling down

Feb 28, 2016
 In need of help. NEW
by: Anonymous

My situation has been going for way to long, I wake up 3 or 4 times of the night, and everytime I close my eyes horrible nightmares, I scream in my sleep so I'm told by others around me and I don't even remember a thing,I'm told I curse, people chasing me, evil things at times. I don't know what to do, and it's effecting me and want it to stop.
Mar 26, 2016
 Dog chase NEW
by: Peaceful-sleep

I sometimes have dreams where I end up getting chased by a dog. When I yell and or kick it because its close enough to possibly bite me, I literally wake up yelling and kick too. The first dream I ever had like this a cyborg type dog actually bit me on the rear and when I screamed in the dream I woke up screaming.
Apr 10, 2016
 what is the way out from it NEW
by: Anonymous

My grandmother has same problem may be I think she is having bad dreams
She screams at night between 12-2 anytime hearing this I go to her and try to wake her up but she takes some time to recover
When i asked her wat happened she told it was a bad dream but nothing else and slept suddenly
What can I do for her now I get really scared at night
Apr 10, 2016
 what is the way out from it NEW
by: Anonymous

My grandmother has same problem may be I think she is having bad dreams
She screams at night between 12-2 anytime hearing this I go to her and try to wake her up but she takes some time to recover
When i asked her wat happened she told it was a bad dream but nothing else and slept suddenly
What can I do for her now I get really scared at night
Apr 13, 2016
 me too NEW
by: Anonymous

i screamed very loudly in my sleep today but this happened to me for the first time, but it was so loud that every single person in the house heard it. Is it a thing i should be concerned about or not, please help :)
Apr 21, 2016
 crazy dreams NEW
by: ken

For a long time now almost every single night or early morning I wake up wondering who o was fighting, everyone including friends have said, dude you cuss in your drea!m all night long and actually swing in the air punching things. Scary stuff guys
Apr 21, 2016
 crazy dreams NEW
by: ken

For a long time now almost every single night or early morning I wake up wondering who o was fighting, everyone including friends have said, dude you cuss in your drea!m all night long and actually swing in the air punching things. Scary stuff guys
Apr 26, 2016
 Dreams & Emotions NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi, my mum has sleep apnea, my grandad had it, maybe I have it and so on. Mum always seemed to resist sleep and had become a TV addict. When I was older once I had to count the seconds she stopped breathing. I inturrupted this by hitting my mother the count was 31 I guess aprox 20 -30 seconds. I should have seen how long she stopped breathing for. But it was long enough. She has had ITA's and pectoritis, High BP and hardened arteries. I have heard my own breath in (know what I mean) nothing more. Also woken up and can hardly remember who or where I am. I also suffer with memory/brainfog. Gingko and ginseng help.
The topic I wanted to discuss however is the fact that every time she goes to sleep she says NO. It can be loud, quiet, a scream, a whisper. Mostly she shouts it. I was also aware of some eery feeling as a child and I could see Mum avoiding sleep. I have seen things myself from time to time and I dont think it was a dream either/was awake. The sleep paralysis thing well I think it has mixed causes. The base emotion of any dream may be interpreted as is. Fear, Anger, Disgust, Horror, Guilt, Hiding, Adventure, Strength... This is your subconscious processing daily data. We see what we want to see. 3 things can help. 1) sleep on your side with supporting cushions. 2) speak to a counsellor or doctor for a few months. 3) Try some regression therapy. Sorry a long post
May 02, 2016
 I hope this helps NEW
by: Anonymous

Screaming in your sleep is a condition called sleep terrors.

Various factors can contribute to sleep terrors, such as:

Sleep deprivation and extreme tiredness
Stress
Fever (in children)
Sleeping in unfamiliar surroundings
Lights or noise
An overfull bladder

Sleep terrors sometimes are associated with underlying conditions that affect sleep, such as:

Sleep-disordered breathing — a group of disorders characterized by abnormal breathing patterns during sleep, the most common of which is obstructive sleep apnea
Restless legs syndrome
Migraines
Head injuries
Some medications

A sleep terror is a parasomnia which is any unusual behavior during sleep. If you have ever experienced sleep walking, talking, etc. in your sleep, it could have turned into sleep terrors because one of thing listed above is now an issue.
May 09, 2016
 The same for me NEW
by: Anonymous

Mine are very rare, but the one occasion where they sparked up, is when I woke up from a nightmare and hit my brother in his face. I felt so bad and couldnt face him, but I knew it was because of the terror. I was dripping in sweat, and had no idea where I was for a few seconds, but after realising what I had done, I was mortified and unbelieveably guilty and upset. I have no idea what causes these night terrors to occur, and I am scared I might hurt somebody else.
May 09, 2016
 Shout during sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

Same happened to me
May 21, 2016
 It happens to me last night NEW
by: Anonymous

I had my Grandparents over and we have four bedrooms my mom is in the master sister in her room and my Grandparents in my brother room and I told him he could sleep in my room he said thanks and I slept on the couch I woke up to see my Grandparents up and my grandma was in the bath room scared and crying so I didn't know what happend she then wanted to take a shower and when my grandpa finally got her out of there my mom told me to close the window after and the door next morning my mother told me that I was screening and yelling in my sleep and that's what startled my grandma my mom then told me when I was screaming she yelled "Gabby are you ok" and I responded by "ya it was just a nightmare" I have no memory of this but this creeped me out for some reason.
May 21, 2016
 Help with sleep talking NEW
by: Nil

I've recently been told that I talk very loudly or shout out in my sleep, I sleep in a room with a roommate and she told me that most of what I say is depriving her sleep as well. This for an example is what happened once: I was sleeping, and I have a Window with a view of two- three coconut trees. After turning off the lights and taking off my glasses, I went to my bed to sleep, and seeing that view it suddenly turned into a ghost face somehow and I got frightened and started screaming at it, and my roommate got scared. What could be happening? And also after that I've not been able to sleep (right now) if I close my eyes I see that again. Please help immediately this is really disturbing
Jun 12, 2016
 I have done it a couple times NEW
by: Anonymous

My girlfriend said that I have started and I do have a sleep disorder of not being able to enter REM sleep and I have 2 types of sleep apnea, so go to doc(specialist), they can help.
Jun 13, 2016
 Wait NEW
by: Anonymous

If u have half sleep half awake nightmarish i learned u can wake urself up by starting moving and shaking ur feets fingers and after 5 second u can move ur whole foot and it wakes u up
I have kind of same experience. I start Screaming in sleep and after a while i hear them louder and louder in my dream like background sound and after a while i realise i'm screaming so i get scared of sound of it and panic in sleep and i wake myself up .i cant remember the dream but i am sure i didn't have nightmare that can cause it
Jul 24, 2016
 Solution for your sleep problem! NEW
by: Anonymous

Here is the solution for all of you who are suffering from RBD and night terrors: Meditation.

It will fix you. It is free. It only takes 10-15 minutes a day. Don't do the kind that has words like a mantra or anything like that. And don't use any app that has words. Just sit down, close your eyes, focus on your breathing and STAY IN THE PRESENT. If you are thinking about the past or the future like everything you have to do tomorrow, then you just wasted your time. You have to empty your mind. Think about everything you are grateful for or just focus inside your body. Feel every sensation, hear everything (you don't have to be in a quiet place but it will help). Stay awake and be in the present. Do this every day for 2 weeks and you WILL see results.

Trouble is we all want a pill.

TN
Aug 25, 2016
 I have always NEW
by: helpless

I have always talked to in my sleep but here lately I have started fighting as well and screen my husband said he went to wake me up this morning and I started fighting him I don't remember this at all he said that he would just take me and always something I want to go punch him and told him to get away from me
Aug 29, 2016
 Because... NEW
by: Anonymous

I think screaming or crying in your sleep
is because you are very stressed out.
Sep 05, 2016
 See a Doctor! NEW
by: Anonymous

Everyone having sleep issues:

Go see a doctor!!!

While it's not likely serious...it could be an early symptom of a number of neurological disorders. Just suck it up, see ur MD and be sure it's not serious before resorting to blowing it off or using crystals...

My crazy sleep bull crap was a lot like everyone else's here and was the first symptom I experienced of Parkinsons...
Sep 08, 2016
 screaming NEW
by: Anonymous

can anyone tell me what it means if someone in your dreams tells you to scream and then you really do scream
Sep 15, 2016
 sleep screaming NEW
by: Anonymous

i am 16 years old ,and from last month i am scream ing in my sleep ..and when i woke up i then my mother told me tht you were screaming in your sleep last time and sometimes i scream regulary and sometimes there is a gap after 1 day or 2 days ..and i scream very loud my mother told me ...and the fact is that i didnt have nightmares and my mother no does not allow me to watch any horror movie and i dont know what to do with it ..
Sep 15, 2016
 sleep screaming NEW
by: Anonymous

i am 16 years old ,and from last month i am scream ing in my sleep ..and when i woke up i then my mother told me tht you were screaming in your sleep last time and sometimes i scream regulary and sometimes there is a gap after 1 day or 2 days ..and i scream very loud my mother told me ...and the fact is that i didnt have nightmares and my mother no does not allow me to watch any horror movie and i dont know what to do with it ..
Sep 15, 2016
 why do I do this? NEW
by: Dawn

I have been told that I sit up in bed and scream about cutting my father why do I do this?
Oct 10, 2016
 it's very scary NEW
by: Mukti mark

I had it last night.. a ghost sort of thing pulling my leg. I couldn't move and tried shouting. My sister woke me up and told me to make a sign of the Cross. I did and slept peacefully. I don't believe in ghosts and stuff but I don't know.... I want to understand it... Also how making a sign of the Cross worked
Oct 20, 2016
 Don't panic just yet NEW
by: Writinginmysleep

This sounds an awful lot like you're experiencing night terrors. It's a lot like sleep-walking or sleep talking. Basically your body is waking up but your mind hasn't completely woken up yet, and you're still experiencing the dream/nightmare that you were having. Your body is unaware of what's happening, it just knows it's terrified, but when you wake up, you've forgotten all about it. They are supposed to get better in time and become less common.

If you wanna check this link from the Mayo Clinic about night terrors, it can give you a better idea of that's happening. They're generally nothing to be worried about, the worst thing to worry about is just to make sure you don't wander off and hurt yourself in your sleep.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/night-terrors/basics/definition/con-20032552
Oct 23, 2016
 when he sleeps then he start shouting at night to think horrible dreams NEW
by: shubhamsingh

When my father sleep at night then he watches horrible dreams and he start shouting what is the reason behind it plz tell me
Dec 08, 2016
 what does it mean i remember that i screamed but don know the reason behind my action? NEW
by: yuvi

taking drugs for neural problem like seizure can lead to this screaming while sleeping?
Dec 12, 2016
 Screaming, punching, cursing & talking NEW
by: Anonymous

I am 31 yrs old. I have been screaming curse words in my sleep since I was in elementary school. It stops sometimes but when I am under stress it comes back. I scream all the curse words you could possibly say. I have blackened my own eye by I guess punching myself (which never woke me up) I have punched others in the bed. I wake everyone up in the house. My step mom caught me trying to pull my hair out. I woke up still grabbing it. When I am wakened from it (which is hard to do) I remeber the dream and it's always violent angry dreams fighting with family and friends. I will sit up and do creepy faces cussing at you with my eyes open. I've screamed so loud I have woken myself up. Everyone thinks it's hilarious and videos it. I told my dr and they really didn't say much but "stress". It is annoying and embarrassing. I am not an angry person to be so violent in my sleep. Every night. The black eye was the worst. I see a lot of people are just like me. I didn't know that so many others do this.
Dec 29, 2016
 Confused NEW
by: Anonymous

I have been having these episodeswhere i wake up screaming help me help me. My husband wakes me up as i wake him up and he gets very angry st me because of iit . he tells me there is something wrong with me and i need to get it fixed. I even wake up shouting f--- you and i dont remember anything and it really scares me. I have got where i dont go to be until 2 or 3 in the morning as i dont want him to get mad at me. Any suggestions as to what i can do it really worries me.
Dec 30, 2016
 Too much TV !! NEW
by: Anonymous

My husband had this last night, and before we went to bed we had watched a documentary about a bear breaking into the house--- I think this stayed in his mind and caused the screaming?? Maybe we all watch too much TV, and the scary stuff stays with us, and too much use of internet-- all these things go round in our brain--- plus the bad news on TV--no wonder these are called " critical times, hard to deal with" , when describing what life would be like in " the last days"!! But good times are coming---! Go to jw.org for GOOD NEWS! helps me sleep !
Dec 30, 2016
 Scream in sleep NEW
by: Bee

I have recently scream in my sleep. So far t is not often but very the last couple of weeks it has happen 3 times on different occassions. Nothing seem to be happening. They say I just scream our once and then stop. They are saying I never seem to wake up. They never try to because they are saying I just scream once and that's it.
Jan 02, 2017
 screeming in sleeping NEW
by: Dananjaya

I also screeming when I am sleeping.That happens without my known.I also forget what I said eat bed.At morning my parents inform me That u are screening at bed.that happens every day.At present I can't stay in any place.I am suffering on this.so if U u can give me a solution.It's big help
Jan 25, 2017
 screaming while asleep NEW
by: Linda

While I was staying with a friend, she told me that I scream when I'm sleeping. I don't remember doing this, and I didn't wake myself up when it happpened One time, I did wake myself up, and I was standing at the bedroom door yelling let me out of here. How do I get help for this?.
Jan 29, 2017
 My experience is a bit different NEW
by: Maria

My experience is a bit different. I never sit up while screaming and I sometimes do remember the dream I had. For some reason I don't understand I am usually fighting with someone when I scream. Normally I don't notice, but my sister (who shares a room with me) does and tells me during the night or the day after. There was a period of time last year when I was quite stressed and it got a lot worse. I used to wake myself up screaming and crying. This has been happening for quite a long time but I'm physically healthy and not depressive/stressed as far as I know. I also don't have sleep deprivation (I get an average of 8hrs of sleep, so that's also not a problem).
Any ideas why this is?
Feb 03, 2017
 Screaming NEW
by: Anonymous

Whoa! I could hear me but not control my hollering. I was screaming very loud "there is a child molester living there" I screamed it 2 times. What do you think that means?
Mar 02, 2017
 nightmares NEW
by: Keyrstin

I have had nightmares were I scream at my little sister all night long since the time I stared kindergarten. I wake the hole house up including myself, and yet I can't remember them the only thing I have ever remembered is screaming for no reason. I thrash in my sleep when I have them. Sometimes I have them three times a week and others I don't have them at all. I have them when ever I have a bad day or I am in a bad mood. I am also bipolar, and although I was not bipolar when I was younger I was all ways depressed and have other mental health issues that run in the family, but these nightmares do not.
Mar 02, 2017
 nightmares NEW
by: Keyrstin

I have had nightmares were I scream at my little sister all night long since the time I stared kindergarten. I wake the hole house up including myself, and yet I can't remember them the only thing I have ever remembered is screaming for no reason. I thrash in my sleep when I have them. Sometimes I have them three times a week and others I don't have them at all. I have them when ever I have a bad day or I am in a bad mood. I am also bipolar, and although I was not bipolar when I was younger I was all ways depressed and have other mental health issues that run in the family, but these nightmares do not. I am 15 now.
Mar 29, 2017
 Screaming,shouting , everythin even dancin n talkin properly I no as my partner NEW
by: Sammie

I really would love to find out how I can manage my dreams as nearly every single night I am waking up my partner and he wakes me up in a cooling way as I am usually screaming n upstairs , downstairs can even hear me I have remembered. Few like a ghost is taking over my body or my brother has passed away and I see his reflection in mirror but nothing beside me n he's stroking my shoulder etc but my partner also says I have spoke clearly and even danced lol is there anythin I can do to make me stop wakin my partner as I wouldn't want us to sleep in separate beds because of my dreams
Apr 01, 2017
 confused NEW
by: Anonymous

I have woke up to me talking to myself and my mother telling me i was screaming in my sleep and kicking the was with my friend asking a question to me while i was asleep and me saying shut up which is very mean and i don't remember any of it like what i was dreaming or what i was saying so if anyone reads this i need your help because i'm very young and don't know what to do. Please help and reply of what i should do and what i'm going through is called.
May 02, 2017
 Help NEW
by: Anonymous

My mom said that whenever I woke up without light I immediately go to sleep then after that I keep on screaming and crying and when she wakes me up, I can't remember what I did.. I don't know what's happening to me.
Aug 23, 2017
 New NEW
by: Anonymous

Since I was young I scream in my sleep I use to remember why, Normally at my sisters or grandma, but as I got older I only seemed to do when people are there and I don't remember it happening, it only last a couple of minutes but it doesn't wake me up.
There's nothing to worry about.
Oct 09, 2017
 Nelson NEW
by: Wendy Murray

Hi wendy here ive been shouting in my sleep when I wake up I can only remember sometimes.. like am there can here voices but as if am paralysed I cant get the words out..as if someone is holding me down. Am shouting but people can't here me until my husband says that I was shouting. If this makes sense.. I used to do this when I was younger... am 46 now and its starting again
Oct 26, 2017
 I’m screaming in my sleep NEW
by: Anonymous

So I know I’ve been very stressed lately but last weekend my sister said she heard someone scream at like 3 in the morning but ignored it and told my mom in the morning and they said they didn’t hear it but may I add I had fainted thatt evening and last night I screamed again and my mom only told me this eveing that I’m doing this and I can’t remember that I’m screaming and I don’t wake up but my mom said it also sounds like the scream sounds like a scream like you’d call for help , does anyone know why I’m screaming in my sleep.
Nov 22, 2017
 My night terrors. NEW
by: SAM

This has happened to me, but a bit more diffrent. At first, I never knew that any of this happened to me until my mom told me that she can hear me crying and screaming in my sleep. She always checks on me and comforts me as soon as she realizes that I am screaming, crying, and fighting at something, but she doesn't know why this happensite to me. She assumes its my dreams, but I tell her that I dream of something else.
FOR EXAMPLE:
I am dreaming about flying with wings or am at my school. While I am dreaming, I have no clue or realization that I am screaming, crying, and fighting, physically, not in my dream. It's as if my mind and body are disconnected and doing their own thing. I read about night terrors and other things about sleep disorders. But that doesn't concern me, what concerns me the most is that at who or what am I screaming, crying, and fighting at? That worries me the most since my family members always tell me that evil spirits have been in our family for generations and that some supernatural things have happened to them all.
Nov 28, 2017
 dreams NEW
by: Anonymous

Hi, first, everybody here needs Jesus! if you don't know him as your Savior! today is the day, just ask Him to saves you! second, change your diet, third, stop watching horror movies, or suspense movies, murder CSI, or real CSI shows, no coffee or teas, if you want drink all decafe, and your job! leave your job problem at your job! pray to Jesus to give you a sweet nights sleep amen
Dec 22, 2017
 Night sweats, talking, screaming. You name it! NEW
by: Rabbit

I've been having weird dreams sense I could remember to be honest.
3 separate times (all different locations) I've had this AWFUL dream - where I'm awake but sleeping and see a dark shadow in the corner of the room - for whatever reason , I CANT MOVE. All three times I was paralyzed laying there - I can't call for help but I can scream - and BOY do I. After 30-45 secs I'm able to move and bolt right out of the room. Thankfully I haven't had this dream in a few years. Would make someone become a night owl its soo terrifying.
Else wise for the past year now I've been having sever night sweats, talking in my sleep, jolting, screaming.. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of it and catch my self - but most of the time the boyfriend tries to sooth me, with 50% success rate.. I usually wake up angry, and very confused.
A fair amount of times this year - I've woken up completely drenched in sweat - having to shower at 3am,5am..

I've been to the sleep lab once, and nothing came of it.
Jan 31, 2018
 Ikr! NEW
by: Anonymous

I was totally freaked out when I found out that I had sleep terrors. It is when you are on the 3rd stage of sleep and your eyes are open but you aren't asleep; you begin to scream and fuss and even punch people and nothing. Especially when there are people who sleep next to me, this happens. It runs in my family. My brother had the exact same problem and grew out of it. In a couple of years, you will be fine, but sometimes night terrors are more serious.
Feb 16, 2018
 Yelling Out Mom NEW
by: Anonymous

1st Time this ever Happend I was asleep on The Couch in Our Living Room and My Mom said I was Yelling Out Mom this has never happend To Me Before What was it
Apr 26, 2018
 I do have Jesus in my life NEW
by: Anonymous

I too scream bloody murder. It has been going on for
A year now. I always dream someone is after me. I have
No idea why I am having these nightmares. My husband
Said he is going to the guest room. I do not watch horror
Movies either !
Sep 26, 2018
 Screams in my dream NEW
by: Anonymous

I scream loudly in my dreams.. My mom thinks I have some spirits. Please help am stressed
Oct 04, 2018
 On & off for 72 years. NEW
by: Anonymous

Mine traces back to when I was 5. I've been married since 21, and had several years of therapy. I have records that reflect what I thought were simply nightmares, only to learn that the issues happened. I woke my wife up last night screaming and chose to sleep in the study tonight. We used to have a home with extra rooms which I made one into a bedroom. My wife is the victim here, as I never remember a thing. I take meds for lots of problems, and sometimes they help. I've done psychiatric inputs volunteer and otherwise.
I pray a lot and it helps, but even St. Paul had a thorn that God wouldn't remove for His reasons.
Jan 02, 2019
 Screeming in bed
by: Vet

I just started experience screaming while sleeping, my wife had to wake me up. I'm sweating and I really don't remember what is about. I do take a mental medication , but I've been taking these medication since i got out from the military, it was about 5 years ago. but just recently started experience this issue. Any comment please??
Feb 10, 2019
 21 yr male
by: Anonymous

I also suffer from the same affliction. In my opinion, it is something that you may have suffered from during childhood, or it generally could be some release from an unpleasant experience during one point in your life. For me, I was sexually abused as a child by my father. I see that mostly women are posting on here and it worries me. Best of luck to you all.
Mar 07, 2019
 Help i dont understand sleep yelling
by: Anonymous

Last my wife woke me ul to ask wat im yellin at?
Mar 31, 2019
 This is so embarassing NEW
by: Anonymous

I just woke up now because I felt I was yelling at the top of my voice from my sleep. When I do this, the sound goes very far. I heard my neighbours talking about me and I don't know how I am going to face them in the morning. This has been going on for 2010 and I am tired. is there any treatment or medication for it please?
Jul 01, 2019
 CPAP MAY BE THE ANSWER
by: Jim

Hi Tasha,
I have had the same problem, and have gained some relief with clonazepam (also helps with wrestles leg syndrome). But the real improvement I have made has come with a CPAP machine. It takes some getting used to sleeping with a mask, but it has been a much better solution than meds. alone.

Good luck!

Jim
Jul 09, 2019
 Same NEW
by: Anonymous

I'm 12 almost 13 years old and I have the same thing going on. My brother and mom woke me up saying that I was screaming in my sleep. My brother also said that I went down stairs one night screaming my lungs out while sleeping. I don't know what to do about it to how to make it stop happening.
Aug 13, 2019
 Inner you will screa until it is heard. NEW
by: Anonymous

When you sleep, higher cognitive functions necessary to follow social norms and rules are shut down. That's why dream contents are important, because they give informations that aren't altered by higher cognitive functions. You could be with a boyfriend [you think/pretend] you love, friends, etc... but down there you could be inconfortable with your current situation. Once the brain shutdown the norms (how to think, what to like, and other social constructions)… without this control, what you feel inside will manifest without being filtered.

All those screams, acting out during sleep are therefor a manifestation of an inconfortable living situation, traumas, etc... there is no accident why it happens during day X but not Y… we just don't see it because we don't take the time to connect to our true nature.
Dec 04, 2022
 on me NEW
by: iSleepTalkToo

truely,
ive been very ashamed everytime they laugh at my condition, and in the first place i want to sleep normal like them. but im not, and it gives me heaviness everytime i experience this again. almost every night i shout in my sleep or talk and even one time i cried because i have seen in my dreams that my young neighbour shot my father and brother which never really happened. and i felt shame about it cause they laugh at it. i wish they could understand or someone may exprerience breakthrough on this study and find medicine that cures this away.. to all with this condition i love you all and may you be peaceful, hopeful, content and find great happiness in life always

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Sleep Paralysis: A Dreamer's Guide

Sleep Paralysis Treatment Book

Ever woken up paralyzed? A surprising number of us have, believe it or not. But few know the actual causes of this phenomenon, and fewer still how to exert control over it. Dream researcher and sleep paralysis expert Ryan Hurd shares breakthrough insights into how to do just that.

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