Researchers reveal the reason we have nightmares
By Patrick Jones, Buzz60
Dreams are a huge mystery to us, and the reasons behind negative dreams or nightmares are even more elusive.
According to Best Health magazine, 70 percent of Americans report having nightmares with 30 percent of us having them at least once a month.
Causes can be anything from stressful events in your life, certain medications you may be taking, flat-out genetics, neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and even what you've been eating can cause them.
One of the main causes according to the director of the sleep disorder service at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's medical center in Chicago is that your mind is overloaded with emotion and it's a way to process those stressful events as your brain begins to integrating your feelings.
A lot of the time nightmares can just be dreams with a scary plot but sometimes they can become an issue. There are certain disorders where nightmares will disrupt the person's ability to sleep as well as some people who begin to act out violent actions while sleepwalking.
In those cases it's recommended that the person goes to see a mental health professional for help. You wouldn't want to spend every single night terrified, would you?
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