Need advice or insight. My son who will be 6 next month just had the worst night terror he has ever had, he was sreaming at the top of his lungs running through the house and trying to get out screaming dont take me. Has anyone delt with this? I always thought they grow out of by now. How do I handle this any recommendations would be great.
My daughter did this when she was around his age, she would run around the house screaming, but it was like she was asleep but her eyes were open. Everything we did or tried she would fight us. We took her to the doctor and he said it was called night terrors. He told us to let her do her thing until she calmed down and went back to sleep. It was the scariest thing ever . She finally did grow out of it
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It’s so frightening, isn’t it? Don’t wake them up, but talk soothingly and guide them back to bed; maybe let him sleep with you. Six isn’t too old, and sometimes during the pre-teen or teen years sleep walking is common.
Maybe he saw something about keeping safe in scary situations and that triggered dreams about being abducted? Talk to him about being safe but with an emphasis on all the helpers in his life—you will protect him, he has teachers, a principal, police officers, neighbors, relatives, etc. that all care for him and who he can go to for help and who are there to keep him safe.
I swear our poor kids having to deal with active shooter drills and whatever they hear in the news is so frightening. Be sure he gets out in sunshine and nature as much as possible. It’s a good antidote. Read happy books and give lots of hugs. Maybe let him sleep with or near you for a bit or play white noise or something else soothing while he sleeps to help him be more relaxed.
I believe nightmares/night terrors in young kids is fairly common, but this sounds like a really serious episode. You should probably seek advice from your child’s pediatrician.
Talk to him if something is bothering him maybe professional advice too. Bless your home or pray over it put a night light or his favorite things next to him pray with him sleep walking is scary they can do anything maybe reading or having him watch something that is funny or love. I had to ban YouTube my son loves the scary shows on that.
my son went through a couple of years of terrible night terrors, he would scream, run around the house, try to get out the door, it was so frightening to witness. The only thing that ever helped ( advice was from a specialist) was if i could get close to him and blow a quick sudden gust of air into his face, the idea wasnt to wake him it was to get him to take a quick breath, this was often enough to just stop the terror and i could then take him back to his bed where he would go straight to back to sleep