When you’re afraid to sleep: Nightmares and nightmare disorders

Posted February 1, 2016

Nightmares—we all have the occasional bad dream, right? But what if you experience nightmares so often and so frightening that you avoid going to sleep? You might have a nightmare disorder.

Listen in as Dr. Blackburn, a behavioral sleep medicine specialist, describes the disorder and what you can do about it.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO

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