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Anxiety and overwork favor the appearance of nightmares. Punctual for some, they have become for others a recurrent pathology, which requires care. Immersion in the Pitié-Salpêtrière sleep center in Paris.
Occasionally, they are harmless. But when they appear regularly, the night becomes hell. For more than three years, Aurélien Lodolo had up to eight nightmares a week. He was finally referred to a sleep center, similar to that of Pitié-Salpêtrière, in Paris.
Caregivers observe and analyze sleep dysfunctions. Electrodes are placed on a patient. Eye activity, as well as cardiac and respiratory activities are now under the eye of cameras.
The disease of nightmares affects 4 to 6% of adults in France
Recurring sleep disorders are illnesses. Nightmare disease affects 4 to 6% of adults in France. “When it’s hard to go to bed, even afraid to go to bed so as not to find these kinds of night monsters, when it causes a very long awakening just after the nightmare, and when you’re not emotionally well in the morning, it is necessary to treat“, explains Professor Isabelle Arnulf, head of the sleep pathologies department.
Aurélien Lodolo, suffering from the disease of nightmares, will follow a revolutionary treatment: take possession of his nightmares, which he transforms himself during the day. After a few weeks, the first results are felt. A relief for him and his loved ones.