Why are most of my dreams nightmares?

According to Freud and psychoanalysis, the reason of your nightmares should be hidden in your subconscious or in your childhood. However, I'm not a Freud's follower, therefore I won't write here about that. Nightmares have many triggers. Probably you are not aware of great part of them. read more

Stress, anxiety and fear are said to be the most responsible for nightmares. From childhood through early adolescence, between 5 and 50% of children have nightmares with the prevalence of nightmare “problems” generally falling into the 20–40% range. read more

There are many theories about why we dream, but no one knows for sure. read more

Nightmares are vividly realistic, disturbing dreams that rattle you awake from a deep sleep. They often set your heart pounding from fear. Nightmares tend to occur most often during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, when most dreaming takes place. read more