Nightmares | Night Terrors | |
Features | waking up as a result of a dream with anxiety | intense anxiety and screaming |
State of awareness | half-awake | unaware of surroundings |
Autonomic | mild | very marked disturbance |
EEG | REM sleep | arousal from slow wave sleep (stage 4) |
Retrograde amnesia | partial | total |
Dreams | yes | no |
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