Dreams are a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. A nightmare is an unpleasant dream. It occurs during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep that arouses strong unpleasant emotional responses of intense, inescapable fear, terror, distress, or extreme anxiety that usually awakens the sleeper. Other disturbing emotions such as anger,…
Insomnia is as a symptom of a sleep disorder, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity; it is specifically defined as “difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both” and it may result in inadequate quality or quantity of sleep. Persons that suffer from insomnia will eventually begin to feel less…
Snoring is defined as a coarse sound made by vibrations of the soft palate and other tissue in the mouth, nose & throat (upper airway). It is caused by turbulence inside the airway during inspiration; the sound may be mild or very loud where it may affect others.