It's time the Night Terrors got their own tag.

[snicks_chan]

Last night was a serious exercise in blocking.  Between the hours of 7:00pm and 9:00pm, over 220 (!!) valiant straight pins and I stretched and spiked that stupid shawl.  My forefingers are bruised and my wrists hurt, and it's not ENTIRELY symmetrical, but I was quite pleased.

"Nick," I said, very sternly, "You are forbidden from having a night

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[halofire]

That boy needs a better sleep schedule, or no more reading for a few hours before bedtime, or something. This is getting ridiculous!

[snicks_chan]

I feel like I asked for it. Murphy's Law, and all that.

He's done this his whole life, though, and apparently his mom has the same issue from time to time. It'd be interesting to get a scan of his brain.

[evilchick]

Seriously! Sleep study time.

UNC and Duke both have Sleep Disorder Centers. Duke does trials, occasionally, for various different disorders. I'm sure night terrors would be in there somewhere.

[snicks_chan]

I should really see if he can fit that into his schedule. It would be interesting to know if something like that is hereditary.

[spazztichero]

Free? Like Guinea pig?

[spazztichero]

Actually, this semester has been fairly constant for the sleep schedule! Go to bed at 3am, wake up between 11am and 12pm. I don't think it's connected to sleep schedules. My mom thinks it may be subconscious stress, but as Nicky said I've done it for a very long time through many stages of life, so unless I am ALWAYS subconsciously stressed...I dunno!

[halofire]

Stress definitely can be a factor. And it doesn't even have to be unreasonable stress or something happening right now. Your stress response is habituated, and the problem is when it is triggered for not-so-big things out of sheer biological habit.

I hear you've taken a liking to aikido. Do they go into much about developing a meditation practice? Might be something to look into!