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What causes you to have nightmares?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Eating food late at night, alcohol and drugs, traumatic experiences, illness or watching scary movie`s

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In the 13th century the Norse blamed nightmares on a succubus like creature called Mara who sat on the chest of sleeping people. This theory is generally discredited today.

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