Night terrors. what are night terrors? night terrors are your psyche’s way of throwing everything at you that you have ever been afraid of all at once. All the things that scare you, worry you, keep you off balance. Sometimes you know it is a dream but your psyche wont let you wake up. that makes it worse because at that point you physically feel every pain. Every nerve ending is burning, every jab is a shock and every act of violence is experienced to the extent of what your mind knows it will do and feel like. your body responds, sweat, heart racing, shortness of breath. Feeling the blood pounding in your head. hear it rushing through your veins. There is nothing you can do, you are in a form of shock and there is no way to pull yourself out of it. night terrors. they are not just dreams.