Nightmares Can Lead to Health Problems

A dream can sometimes be associated with physical, mental and even social health. According to a study, bad dreams occurs more frequently in certain conditions such as depression or being unemployed.

According to Dailymail, nightmare is a scary dream which can wake someone when they are in a phase of rapid eye movement (REM). In such phase, brain activity is at the highest level.

A research by psychiatrist in China on 9000 adults shows that 5.1 percent experienced nightmares at least once a week. Women more often experience it, which is 6.2 percent, compared to men which is only 3.8 percent.

Psychiatric disorders such as depressions, are five times more experienced by men and women who frequent have nightmares. Someone with a neurotic personality who tend to think negatively, also experience more nightmares.

In the other hand, a bad dream could also trigger health problems such as insomnia, headaches, feeling tired, and difficult to get up early. Even the risk of psychiatric disorders increased 5.7 times more in people with frequent nightmares.

According to the research, nightmares are also closely related to welfare. Unemployed and employees with low salaries of have a 2.3 times greater chance of getting a nightmare as many as three or more times a week.

Here are the seven categories of the most popular nightmare in this study:

1. Falling (39.5 per cent)
2. Being chased (25.7)
3. Being paralysed (25.3)
4. Being late for an event (24)
5. Close person disappears/ dies (20.9)
6. Horror films (18.9)
7. Unable to complete a task (17.3)