Night terrors affect between 1 and 3% of children under the age of 15. This phenomenon, although very impressive, is not a nightmare but rather sleepwalking. 3 Bach flowers stand out to accompany your child in his night terrors. Discover them in the next lines.
Les terreurs nocturnes, une parasomnie impressionnante
Nocturnal terrors are part of the parasomnias characterized by undesirable motor, verbal and sensory phenomena occurring during sleep. They are classified as disorders of the sleep-wake transition just like sleepwalking and confusional states in contrast to nightmares and dreams, which appear during the re REM sleep phase.
Night terrors are therefore disorders of awakening in slow wave sleep that occur in the 1st third of the night or 2 to 3 hours after falling asleep.
The manifestations are impressive and last a few minutes, sometimes longer. Indeed, the child may start to scream, shout, climb on his bed, eyes wide open while uttering inaudible words. Generally, it is difficult to wake up and/or calm a child in the middle of a night terror. Finally, it is common to witness a total amnesia of the episode once the crisis is over.
From a statistical point of view, it would seem that 1 to 3% of children under 15 years of age would be affected by night terrors (Lhallanel, Louis, 1999).
1. Rock rose, la fleur des terreurs aiguës
Rock rose or roundleaf helianthemum is a small shrub growing in dry, stony ground. Its flowers are bright yellow that bloom between June and September.
It is numbered 26.
Rock rose is the exile of acute terror. It accompanies people who have experienced extreme stress situations such as an accident, attack, crisis situation, sudden illness or natural disasters etc...
Bach Flower Rock Rose is the flower of pure panic and flabbergastedness. It then relieves the knotted and tense solar plexus, people who have nightmares or who have just experienced or witnessed a traumatic event and are still in shock.
Rock rose helps to regain the heroic strength and perspective needed to be able to face or rather handle a critical situation with composure.
2. Mimulus, la fleur des peurs identifiées
Mimulus or spotted mimule is a plant found in England along rivers and in wet meadows.
It is numbered 20.
Mimulus is the flower of courage. It restores confidence and courage to people with concrete fears. This elixir will be useful for those who have identified their fear or phobia and in psychological work need more subtle help.
Mimulus people are also hypersensitive and have a lot of trouble with noise, bright lights, crowds, and proximity to people.
By taking Mimulus elixirIt will help you reconnect with your inner strength and take life with humor and lightness. Fears, shyness and specific fears are relieved.
3. Clematis, pour s'ancrer dans la réalité
Clematis or hedge clematis is a creeper that can grow up to 12 m tall as an adult. Its fragrant bloom lasts from July to September.
It is numbered 9.
Clematis, the flower of reality. The elixir of Clematis accompanies people who have bad to live the real life and who are often in the moon... Their imaginary world and very flourishing, they are little anchored, tend to dream and cruelly lack concentration. Clematis are "romantics", artistic souls. They show little interest in what is going on around them.
Thanks to Clematis elixirRock rose helps you to come back to earth, perfectly anchored, with an accurate and aligned perception of reality. You open to the outside world which gives you material to enrich your inner world.
Fleur de Bach, mode d'administration
The Bach flowers act by resonance. Water is an information vector that allows a vibratory frequency to be transmitted, much like a wave created by a pebble thrown into a pond. Bach's elixirs charged with a certain frequency echoes with the body's water. Like an orchestra tuning up before playing, the frequencies of the elixir and the body harmonize.
Thus, taking a few drops (up to 6) in a little low mineralized water and regularly during the day is recommended.
Les fleurs de Bach ne font pas tout !
The Bach flowers cannot be exempted from psychotherapeutic work. A child who has a string of night terrors may be a child in pain, anxious or stressed. Although the terrors are not nightmares, environmental and psychological factors (parents arguing, school pressure, arrival of a new family member...) should be taken into account.
Quelle conduite à tenir face à un enfant qui fait une terreur nocturne
Night terrors are a kind of dissociation of the brain, the child is neither awake nor asleep. This in-between creates a "bug" amplified by anxiety and stress. Wanting to wake up your child means taking the risk of prolonging the crisis because it has been noticed that the child falls asleep on its own most of the time. And although this is dramatic, the child is not aware of anything. Maybe in the end, Bach flowers should be for the parents!!!