Night terrors is a phenomenon that has been around forever. Much proper medical literature can be found online about this. I've had them since I was a kid. About 10 times a year. They don't scare me anymore....well after I come out of them I mean. I usually wake myself up because my breathing in horror is so loud. Then I go...wow...another one of those...friggin' intense!!!...and go back to sleep.

The general theme is one of impending doom. Sometimes i can see the room but it's different somehow and i know something or someone is about to do me in somehow...I'm damn horrified...it's so real.

I did a lot of reading on this over the years. I don't put any mystical meaning behind 'em because the science is so interesting. All cultures have their variants and the phenomenon as I mentioned is as old as man.

Like to know why I'm answering this thread? I was just exploring parts of the forum i don't usually frequent and saw this post. I had one last night! First one in about 3 months. Yesterday I felt really out of sorts all day. Harder than usual to concentrate and overall felt like crap. I feel quite back to normal today. Fascinating topic and still much a mystery altho they're doing some heavy studies on it. Back in NFLD night terrors are referred to as 'the old hag'. i think it's an old irish or english term. Google night terrors and do some reading on it all. Aside from the moments of absolute freakin' horror I think they're very interesting. i should add i'm not in the least superstitious. I attach a biological reason for them existing moreso than completely psychological and not mystical at all. Many many people have these. Pretty common thing.

Good luck with yours. don't let them get to you. I'm thinking it's something pretty normal...unless you're having them constantly...how many do you have say a month?