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Posted 4/5/2011 12:08 AM

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my boyfriend has a 9 year old daughter and she sometimes gets up in the middle of the night saying shes scared.. she is asleep but her eyes are open.. it happened again tonight and this is like the 5th or 6th time its happened in around 6 months.
she will have tears streaming down her face sometimes saying she's scared and when we ask her what she's scared of she always mentions her oldest brother's name and continues saying she's scared and we will ask her again why she's scared and then after that she just says "i don't know". we always stay calm with her and trying to calm her down she usually comes to bed with us for a little while until she is fine again. she never remembers getting out of bed and being scared when we ask her about it the next day.. i was just wondering if anyone else has this problem or knows what could be going on?

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Posted 10/3/2011 8:04 AM

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Might be she scared of something in day and did same thing at night, does he refer any doctor?

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Posted 7/31/2012 10:14 AM

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Night terror sleep disorder, also known as sleep terror and Pavor nocturnus, is when someone has intense screaming and fear during sleep. These occurrences are recurrent and usually are frequent. A person suffering from night terror would sit up in his or her bed and shout and scream and look completely awake from the outside perspective, but actually, the person suffering is rather disoriented, confused and will not be responsive to actions or calls from others, somewhat similar to the case of petit mal seizures. The sufferer of night terrors could also be physically very active, i.e. getting out of bed, moving around, even running and will not be aware if someone else is present in the room, watching them.

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