Chronic Nightmares

Recognizing Nightmares as an Independent Sleep Disorder

The overwhelming majority of nightmare patients do not fully accept that their disturbing dreams represent a sleep disorder. In fact, when we direct one of our sleep patients to start treatment in our Nightmare Clinic, the most common reply we receive goes something like this: "Oh, well, nightmares, I've always had them; I don't really think there's anything you can do about them, and I just wanted to get help for my sleep problems."

In other words, nightmare patients do not recognize their disturbing dreams as an integral part of their sleep problems. This view is outdated and most unfortunate, because a lot of scientific evidence clearly shows two things:Recognizing Nightmares

* Nightmares disrupt sleep, cause some degree of sleep fragmentation, and frequently lead to poor sleep habits that eventually turn into chronic insomnia.
* Nightmares can be independently treated with non-drug, short-term, cognitive-imagery techniques that not only reduce the disturbing dreams but also improve insomnia.

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