In 1979, piece waiting for our 1:00 AM flying to Germany, our 6-year-old boy had a black terror* inwards the airport.
I ended upward on the flooring amongst him in addition to our xi suitcases, asset him piece he screamed equally if beingness tortured.
When a kid has a "night terror," he's completely irrational in addition to inconsolable.
I tin live on this agency at black too, non equally noisy, but simply equally irrational close my problems in addition to concerns.
Do you lot always convey anxious thoughts that dice to a greater extent than ominous inwards the darkness, similar evil monsters of hopelessness?
If so, it helps to "prepare your mind" (1 Peter 1:13):
1. Memorize Scriptures close God's faithfulness in addition to recite them earlier bedtime.
2. Recite those hopeful verses again.
3. Recite hymn or praise vocal lyrics that elevator your spirits.
4. Count your blessings.
5. Remember that your fears are non realistic at night.
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* Dreams in addition to nightmares hap during REM sleep, but black terrors hap during the deeper stages of sleep. The kid can't live on awakened or consoled in addition to he has no retentiveness of the nightmare the side yesteryear side morning. While these terrors tin live on caused yesteryear stress or illness, sometimes they hap without known displace inwards early on childhood in addition to disappear earlier adolescence.
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