my 7 year old daughter has night terrors how should i help her?

my sister and my brother both did this...my brother always wants water and you tell him its ok and hes fine...with my sister youd take her to the bathroom and let her use it and she would be fine...i know it sounds weird but it helps...just ask her what she wants and get it for her while shes having the night terrors and see if it helps...she might not be awake but she knows what she wants, what will make her feel better...they say kidds have night terrors due to stress and changes in life...is nething different talk to her about it!? hope it helps!

Wow, I just posted about my daughter and her sleep cycles on another post and here is one on night terrors. My daughter had these. Though we didn't figure this out until my daughter was in her teens, chocolate has been a key component for her. Try cutting out chocolate to see if that helps.

If your daughter still gets no relief, research sleep centers in your area. Brain chemical imbalances can cause dream related problems. They know more about it now that when my daughter was little and had night terrors and sleep walking.

As far as emotional comfort goes, I remember that our daughter would be stressed by our trying to get her to remember and tell us her dreams. For us, I think we felt that if we just knew what she dreamed about we could figure it out. It never did help to know what was dreamed. Medical researchers feel that night terrors, sleep walking, etc are due to brain mis-firing and chemical imbalances that fail to turn off certain parts of the brain during REM sleep. More than likely your daughter will outgrow the night terrors. Our daughter did. Though she still has some sleep pattern irregularities from time to time and if she eats chocolate she consistently has problems.

Two of mine had night terrors. Limit sugar in the evening (never a bad thing) and start writing down what she eats. We eventually traced it to the food coloring Red #40.

First of all i would ask if someone has been threating her or telling her the boogy man will get her .i see she is 7 and in school no doubt some of the kids may be telling her things that scares her and she worries about all day and goes to bed with it on her mind so bad when she sleeps she dreams of it.Maybe if you sit down and ask her she will tell you I wish you luck with this and I hope your daughter will talk to you so you can stop what ever it is bothering her .

Is she watching movies or exposed to anything during the day that may be scarring her? I am not another yet, but I have many little sisters and brothers and one of my sisters had a problem with this. It turned out that she was afraid of a book she had been reading. We let her sleep with a night light on, and sometimes she even slept in my mom's bed. u may try this and see if it helps.

Tell Her Daddy Is The Monster Causing Her Nightmares

I suggest counseling.

Try warm milk and hot bath before bed.

Maybe a night light (w/Jesus if your very religious)

I honestly don't know if you can. They need to outgrow them. If you think something serious is going on, talk to a psychiatrist.