I get Night terrors, have woken up screaming, heart beating like I was running a marathon, and feeling not alone in the room, have actually hurt myself a few times, by waking up cliimbing the wall behind my bed, but the dreams are vague, if I recall them at all. There not like some of the nightmares, where I can recall bits and pieces, or wake up in the middle of them and remember them pretty vividly. I usually sleep in 2-3 hr increments, then jolt wide awake, if I do go back to sleep, sometimes dont recall the event unitl later in the day, if at all..then I can be working, and suddenly the light bulb goes off something happened last night.. My sisters had these too, and sleep walking, I remeber once we went searching the neighborhood early one morning, for the youngest, I found her down the street still asleep but eyes wide awake..and moving her arms and talking ..

We have a history of childhood sexual abuse and violence, night terrors, and night mares, all can be indicitive of trauma, and make ones ability to sleep terrible, along with chemical imbalances, dont think your Therapist was being overtly intrusive on the subject, but probably was ruling in ruling out based on the symptoms you were presenting..... but again you said there were other issues involved that you have not talked about...

Take Care...