Trauma-Related Nightmares
Dimension 1058 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Trauma-Related Nightmares measures the presence and severity of distressing sleep experiences centered on a stressful or traumatic event, including bad dreams, repeated disturbing dreams, and awakenings caused by those dreams. It encompasses both general sleep disruption linked to distressing dreaming and explicit re-experiencing of the event during sleep.
evidence final name · Acute Stress Disorder
Minimal Trauma-Related Nightmares
Expressions activating this band show little to no clear nightmare content, with only diffuse distress, trauma reminders, emotional numbing, or unrelated material appearing. When sleep-related distress is present, it is not yet specifically organized around repeated disturbing dreams.
Mild Trauma-Related Nightmares
Expressions activating this band describe unsettled sleep, nighttime waking, unrefreshing sleep, or occasional disturbing memories, with nightmare content present but not consistently central. The experience is one of sleep disturbance that may include distressing dreams without a strong repeated dream focus.
Moderate Trauma-Related Nightmares
Expressions activating this band describe bad dreams or nightmares about a stressful event as a recognizable and repeated experience during sleep. The dreaming is clearly tied to the event and carries emotional distress, even when frequency or sleep interruption is not emphasized.
High Trauma-Related Nightmares
Expressions activating this band describe repeated disturbing dreams that are bothersome, unpleasant, and often strong enough to wake the person or disrupt sleep. The event is actively re-experienced in dreams as a recurring source of nighttime distress.
Severe Trauma-Related Nightmares
Expressions activating this band describe persistent, vivid, and distressing dreams of a stressful experience that substantially disturb sleep. The nightmares are recurrent and intrusive, with the dream experience itself serving as a prominent form of nocturnal re-experiencing.
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Minimal Acute Stress Disorder: Acute stress disorder is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse acute stress disorder.
Emerging Acute Stress Disorder: Acute stress disorder is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Unlike the band below, where acute stress disorder was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from acute stress disorder.
Elevated Acute Stress Disorder: Acute stress disorder is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. Compared to the band below, acute stress disorder is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from acute stress disorder.
Severe Acute Stress Disorder: Acute stress disorder is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where acute stress disorder was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect acute stress disorder at this level of intensity.