@elliefoteinatou The ‘mare’ is short for nightmare. So when someone says: ‘They’re having a mare’, it means something’s gone wrong or they’re in a bad situation….

1. [S] [T] I think it is a mere coincidence. (
2. [S] [T] He is a mere child. (
3. [S] [T] She is a mere child. (
4. [S] [T] He works for a mere pittance. (
5. [S] [T] You are no longer a mere child. (
6. [S] [T] A home is more than a mere building. (
7. [S] [T] The mere sight of a dog frightens him. (

(obsolete) A boundary.

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A mare (Old English: mære, Old Dutch: mare, Proto-Slavic *mara; mara in Old High German, Old Norse, and Swedish) is a malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore that rides on people’s chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares.

A: No, the two terms aren’t related. The “mare” of “nightmare” comes from mære, an Old English term for an evil spirit that was supposed to settle on a sleeper’s chest and cause a feeling of suffocation. The “mare” that means an adult female horse was a merging of two Old English words: mearh (horse) and mīre (mare)….

Lauren explains that “maron” is Old Germanic for “nightmare”, a creature similar to the incubus, a demon that rapes women in their sleep. The psychic agrees to help evict the entity and the video fades to black.

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The word nightmare is derived from the Old English mare, a mythological demon or goblin who torments others with frightening dreams. The term has no connection with the Modern English word for a female horse. The word nightmare is cognate with the Dutch term nachtmerrie and German Nachtmahr (dated).

They believed the dream world contained a mixture of the past and the future, gods and goddesses, and helped people find purpose with their lives. These dreams often revealed new people and ideas, which explains why some people found them scary. Others saw them as a sign or a prophesy from the gods….

Remember, nightmares are not real and they can’t hurt you. Dreaming about something scary does not mean it will happen in real life. And it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person who wants to do mean or scary things.

There can be a number of psychological triggers that cause nightmares in adults. For example, anxiety and depression can cause adult nightmares. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also commonly causes people to experience chronic, recurrent nightmares. Nightmares in adults can be caused by certain sleep disorders….

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and sleep terrors are two types of sleep disorders that cause some people to shout during sleep. Sleep terrors, also called night terrors, usually involve frightening screams, thrashing, and kicking….

Night terrors are episodes of intense screaming, crying, thrashing, or fear during sleep that happen again and again, usually in children ages 3 to 12. New cases peak at age 3 1/2. There are two main types of sleep: rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (non-REM)….

Night terrors are common in children aged between 3 and 8 years old. A child who experiences night terrors may scream, shout and thrash around in extreme panic, and may even jump out of bed.

If sleep terrors are a problem for you or your child, here are some strategies to try:

1. Get adequate sleep. Fatigue can contribute to sleep terrors.
2. Establish a regular, relaxing routine before bedtime.
3. Make the environment safe.
4. Put stress in its place.
5. Offer comfort.
6. Look for a pattern.