A nightmare is a bad dream that wakes you up. Nightmares disrupt your sleep and are very distressing. Sometimes the anticipation of having a nightmare can in itself disrupt sleep. Fortunately, ...

Persistent, vivid nightmares might represent more than just unsettling dreams. A surprising theory gaining attention suggests a potential connection between recurring nightmares and liver dysfunction, ...

Everyone has the occasional bad dream—but if you're constantly being chased by axe murderers or smothered by swarms of spiders in your sleep, something deeper might be going on. Frequent, graphic ...

"You do have control of what's going on in your dreams," says Joanne Davis, a psychologist from the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. She has come up with a method of treatment that may be especially ...

Bad dreams may be more than a nuisance, according to a new study that linked the stress nightmares put on the body to premature deaths. Up to 85 percent of adults say they have an occasional nightmare ...