Why Did Nightmares Reccur During Your Childhood?

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Nightmares reoccur because they are a series of events that terrify you. Recurring nightmares are a common disorder for children because it represents any fear that the child has. Once you have a recurring nightmare, you will continue to have those nightmares throughout your childhoo.d There is no specific age when nightmares begin but usually when the child has learned to start speaking, and it continues to well averages around 4-6 years old.
A childs nightmare will reocurr many times in one month, the reason it scares a child so much is because the child gets so involved with the nightmare it seems so real.
Some "Popular Recurring Nightmares" are :

• Being followed by a horrible person
• Confronted by a monster
• Trapped in a dark or scary place
• Mommy leaving

But a terrifying nightmare usual are metaphors of a frightening real life situation. Just like how it is said that the people in your dreams are all images of people you have seen before.
Nightmares usually stop whent the child gets to preteen or teenager. But for someone people nightmares never stop, it stays with them even into their adulthood.
Because children get so attached to their nightmares (Makes them believe it is truly happening and terrifies them) when they wake up they are in a critical state. This means that it is difficult for them to explain or talk about how they are feeling. Almost like they are in a state of shock. Since a nightmare is fear, the child wakes up and does not speak about the nightmare properly because they are afraid of the threatening memories that is now in their mind.
A lot of nightmares can come from parents, because children and infants are afraid of their parents leaving and this is a frequent cause of a nightmare and therefore when they wake up they see their parents and it reminds them of their nightmare and the memory is stuck in thier head.
So basically, nightmares recurr for children when they are going through a hard time such as being bullied, society, or school which is very scary for children especially if there are being bullied on, or they aren't learning/understanding the work it creates more stress. A child only has to have ONE nightmare, and it will recurr. Same with adults.


http://sleepdisorders.dolyan.com/what-causes-recurring-nightmares-in-children-2/