Nightmares are disturbing dreams that cause us to wake up feeling uneasy and sometimes frightful. They can be connected to traumatic experiences in our lives or images we saw on television. Sometimes they can be a warning about something in our lives that we should be mindful about.
Everyone has nightmares from time to time, but children seem to have them more often than adults. While the subject of a nightmare varies from person to person, there are some common types of bad dreams many people seem to have, like dreaming of falling, being chased or being naked in public.