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* anxiety or stress are the most common cause: a major life event precedes the onset of nightmares in 60% of cases * illness with a fever * death of a loved one (bereavement) * adverse reaction to or side effect of a drug * recent withdrawal from a drug such as sleeping pills * effect of alcohol or excessive alcohol consumption * abrupt alcohol withdrawal * breathing disorder in sleep (sleep apnea) * sleep disorders (narcolepsy, sleep terror disorder) The mind does a scan of what you did that day and puts them in a random order. Sometimes the sequence may be scary. (This what I think it might not be right)

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