I’m honestly curious if anything else is battling this? About a year ago my son started having night terrors and will sleep walk most nights. He talks of monsters and having to kill these creatures. We have tried everything and now just manage it best we can. We don’t all him to watch anything that could even be remotely scary and we are cautious of what he eats as well. Idk if it’s stress so we really try to wind him down at night and make sure it’s peaceful before bed.
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We battle night terror for 3 years it was awful, it’s best to not disturb them when it’s happening and comfort them when they seem to wake out of it but they don’t remember it or shouldn’t by the following morning. That’s what makes night terrors different than nightmares . I remember before I knew that night terror were a thing I would try and wake him up and it would just make the terror last longer and he would think I was whatever was happening in the dream it was awful not being able to console . But I started to recognize the difference between when he would have the 2 and it helped a lot because I knew that I just had to make sure he was safe and it would end in 5-10 min instead of 30-45 min. But hang in there you got this! Also my boy just has a very active mind ALL the time and I did decide to start giving magnesium drops at night and we haven’t had a bad night since, it took a week or 2 but it’s so good now and he is well rested .

My son went through this at 2 years old. It was terrifying and heartbreaking
He’s now 3. Doesn’t sleep walk anymore but he does wake up crying and yelling about monsters and ghosts and similar things. Idk where it came from

My daughter never sleep walked but she occasionally does have night terrors. She still be in her room screaming no and stop. I go in and let her come out of it and then i ask her about it and she doesn't remember anything. I ask if she had a bad dream and she says no. She doesn't know it remember. It usually happens when there's a big change happening or she's under a little bit of stress or had a hard day.