A monster is following him. The boy runs and runs, but the monster closes in. The youngster can feel its breath. Panic overcomes him. He screams, opens his eyes and sees the walls of his bedroom.
It was a nightmare, which experts say is normal for children to experience. But when they occur often or when they cause children to fear going to sleep, parents should seek help.
“Children have more nightmares than adults,” said Dieter Kunz, who works at Charite Hospital in Berlin. One reason children experience more bad dreams is because their brains are still maturing . Genetic factors also play a role, according to the German Sleep Society.
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Four percent of nine-year-olds who participated in a survey at the children’s hospital in Cologne-Porz said they have frequent nightmares while 40 percent said they have them occasionally.
The dreams were influenced by whatever the children experienced or thought about during the day.
“But it is badly jumbled ,” said Kunz.
If children appear in their parents’ bedrooms after having nightmares, usually words of comfort are enough to help the children get over their fears.
Talking about the dreams can wait until the next day because “if the child is afraid, he can’t get back to sleep,” said Michael Schredl, who works for a mental health institute in Mannheim.
As a rule children can remember their nightmares and parents should let them explain the dreams, though parents often do not understand them. Parents should seek help if the nightmares continue over a long period of time.
“If a child has a nightmare three times a week for three weeks, you must further question it,” said Alfred Wiater, head doctor at the children’s hospital in Cologne-Porz. (DPA)
一個怪獸跟著他，男孩不停地跑著，但怪獸卻愈來愈近，這孩子可以感覺到牠的氣息，他驚慌失措，他大叫，張開眼後，看到的是房裡的牆壁。
那是一場惡夢。專家說一般兒童都會做惡夢，但若惡夢的次數太頻繁或導致兒童不敢上床睡覺，父母就應該尋求協助了。
「兒童比大人容易做惡夢，」任職柏林查利特醫院的迪耶特．昆茲說。德國睡眠協會指出，腦部仍在發育是孩子較常做惡夢的原因之一，而基因也扮演了重要的角色。
參與德國科隆一所兒童醫院研究的九歲孩童中，有百分之四說他們常常做惡夢，有四成則說他們偶爾會做惡夢。
孩子在日間經歷或思考的事情都會影響他們的夢。
「但是夢境相當雜亂，」昆茲解釋。
如果孩子因為做惡夢出現在父母的房裡，通常只要一些安慰的話語，就能讓他們克服恐懼。
在德國曼漢姆心理健康機構任職的麥克．史奎多說，至於夢境的討論可以等到隔天，因為「如果孩子害怕，就無法再入睡」。
通常兒童會記得他們的惡夢，儘管父母不懂，仍應該讓他們把夢境說出來。若長期做惡夢，父母應尋求協助。
「若你的孩子每週做三次惡夢，情況維持三週，你就必須進一步了解狀況，」科隆兒童醫院精神科醫師阿費德．懷特表示。（德通社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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