WHAT'S UP WITH...NIGHT TERRORS

An expert explains this strange screaming-in-your-sleep phenomenon.

-  KAYLA BLANTON

YOU WAKE IN A DAMP SWEAT and find your blankets on the floor. Your partner recounts your wild night of thrashing, panting, screaming, and panic, but you can't remember a thing! These mysterious middle-of-the-night events are known as night terrors, and though they're most common in children, they can happen at any age.

HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM NIGHTMARES