Night Owls More Likely to Suffer from Nightmares: Scientific American

[Oneironaut Zero]

Found this article interesting, and thought I'd share. I was going to put this in the 'Nightmares' section, but figured that the information might come in handy, even to those people who don't frequent that section. Enjoy. Night Owls More Likely to Suffer from Nightmares, Survey Suggests: Scientific American

[Puffin]

Thanks for sharing. I tend to stay up pretty late on weekends - usually until 3 in the morning - but with the exception of a few more nightmares than normal last month, I don't get them that often. Maybe I'm just in the group that can stay up late without nightmares...?

[Arch]

I really do think that having nightmares varies from person to person, and it's about the person alot, confidence, experience affect this. First time I read this I thought it was actually about Owls... ergh.

[Isadore]

I stay up late more often than not. Usually I'll sleep at around 2am even if I have to get up early for work. When I was studying for my A-levels, I used to stay up until around 5am before sleeping. Around that time I had a fair few disturbing dreams a week. I really do think that having nightmares varies from person to person, and it's about the person alot, confidence, experience affect this. First time I read this I thought it was actually about Owls... ergh. There are definitely other factors involved. In psychology, it's extremely difficult to separate causation from correlation. If there is a link, then people who stay up are more likely to experience nightmares. It's not a case of if you stay up late you will have nightmares. It could just be a correltion. For example, nightmares could be due to stress. The stress could cause one to stay up late. So the stress could be causing one to experience nightmares and also be causing one to stay up later. So the late nights and nightmares would be correlated but they wouldn't have a causal relationship. This is the kind of research which is necessary. It's very interesting stuff and it does take me back to my A-level days (which I seem to keep mentioning... sorry). Thanks for sharing