Children sometimes experience intense episodes of sitting up during deep sleep,appearing frightened,showing signs of extreme arousal,talking,thrashing wildly,and then remembering nothing of the episode the next morning.What do such episodes indicate?

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These symptoms are typical of sleep terror disorder, which is characterized by extreme fear and panic during deep sleep. Unlike in nightmares, the individual does not remember the content of their dreams or the episode the next day. Sleepwalking disorder involves getting out of bed and walking around during deep sleep, while REM disorders refer to abnormal behaviors during the REM stage of sleep.

Children Sometimes Experience Intense Episodes of Sitting Up During Deep