Since I was a teenager, my nights were always occupied with vivid nightmares and night terrors. But the one that has stuck with me well into my adult life is a hallucination of spiders crawling on me.
I wanted to get to the bottom of this phenomenon so I spoke to Dr. Jennifer Acostamadiedo to find out more.
I asked a parasomnias expert what was causing my night terrors – her answer surprised me
So, it turns out what I experience isn’t actually a ‘night terror’, but more a disruption of my REM sleep when I’m in a state between sleeping and waking.
The conversation was fascinating, and Dr. Acostamadiedo was super friendly and interesting. Go and have a read to find out everything you need to know about nightmares and night terrors.