When I was in my early teens, I experienced what I thought was a night terror for the first time. I woke up screaming, convinced that there were thousands of spiders crawling on me. I ran out of my bedroom and had to be calmed down by my parents. I’m now in my early 20s, and I still experience this same night terror at least twice a month.
So, I decided to learn more about it. Why do night terrors or hallucinations occur? What triggers them? What is the brain doing when they occur? And, most importantly, is there any way to stop them?
