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There is no age limit. Children can often have bad nighmares, but also men that come home from war can as well. To this day the survivors of the Vietnam War can still have "night terrors." Often I have heard they will hide in a dark closet and cover their ears. Trauma can cause night terrors such as being stalked, raped, abused by a family member or even a bad car accident. In children if the parent calms the child down and talks about it, leaves a small light on or, in some cases when they are very young letting them sleep with the parent the child will out-grow it. Unfortunately, unless psychological counseling can help some of the poor vets or trauma victims there is not a 100% guarantee that even psychology can help them. However, I saw a program not long ago (will do the research and post on it) that there is medication to actually block the trauma out of the brain and it's working! It is tested on humans and the FDA is in the midst of approving it and the Army is MOST interested in it. Gee, I wonder why! I promise to post more information on this new medication ASAP

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