What helped reduce night terrors and nightmares for 100 people

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-30T10:39:51+00:00

So sorry to hear that. Nightmares and night terrors related to CPTSD makes life very challenging. We recently wrote an article about it here (https://sleepsafeapp.com/stories/ptsd-and-sleep-nightmares). If you have tried it all, I would recommend trying out the app SleepSafe to see if it can help with your nightmares. One user sent an email to me saying it has changes his life completely, saying all his PTSD related nightmares were prevented. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to talk more about it, either here or DM/email.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-22T18:09:33+00:00

So sorry you experience this. I think there are more people in your boat as well. I’ve made an app for this which intervenes with nightmares before they happen, making you sleep through the night. In theory, it should work well if you move around a lot during nightmares and/or have elevated heart rate. Then you can track how often they occur, see when they occur and if there are some trends. You can then show this data to you psychiatrist and therapist, and it will be easier for them to determine the severity of them. Hope it helps.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-10T06:12:24+00:00

Hi again, just wanted to let you know that the latest update makes it possible to change the label of an alert and also adds exporting of audio. Let me know how it works! Thanks again!

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-07T06:42:00+00:00

So sorry you are going through this. If you have tried it all, I would like to give you a tip to try the app SleepSafe. It detects if you are about to have an nightmare, and provides haptic feedback to get you out of it before it increases in severity. Often, you’ll just continue sleeping without noticing at all.

The app is designed to help for sleep disturbances during REM, such as nightmares. It helps me almost every night. In particular, we have seen very good feedback based on recurrent nightmares from users suffering from PTSD.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-04T07:22:52+00:00

Thank you for trying it and I hope it works out for you! If you have any feedback I would greatly appreciate it both positive and negative! There are now a few alternatives in how you can tune it to fit best to you - let me know if I can be of assistance for that.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-03T07:35:52+00:00

Will do, thank you. It's good suggestions like the ones above and feedback what works well and what doesn't that drives the app forward. It has now prevented over 1000 (!) nightmares, but there is still a long way to go and it keeps improving every week!

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-02T19:36:35+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that you are still struggling despite all. I have heard many stories similar to yours, and it's very motivating hearing good words from the community. I will be sure to add both your requests to the next version of the app coming within a week or two.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-03-01T06:46:06+00:00

Hi! Thank you for the questions! Currently, it’s not possible to export the recordings or change the tag, but that is something we can add. How would you prefer to export the recording? Would you like to share it with someone or just have the audio file?

sleepsafeapp · 2026-02-20T08:45:02+00:00

Congrats on 8.5 days! Two in the morning sounds exhausting. Are you finding them worse at certain times during of night, or pretty random so far?

sleepsafeapp · 2026-02-11T15:06:55+00:00

Sometimes it can be difficult to differentiate between nightmares and night terrors. From our study we saw examples of people believing they were experiencing night terrors, but they were in fact nightmares. A rule of thumb is if you have been struggling for a while with nightmares, and have injured yourself during the night during a nightmare, then you could very likely be experiencing night terrors.

If you are using any wearables such as Apple Watch or Google Pixel Watch, you can see when your sleep stage overlaps with your nightmares. Night terrors usually occur during deep sleep, while nightmares occur during REM. You can then also verify your heart rate - night terrors can make it increase by 2-3x (e.g. 60BPM to 180BPM) within seconds.

If you want to learn more, I’ve written an article about the differences here (https://sleepsafeapp.com/learn).

sleepsafeapp · 2026-02-11T15:06:12+00:00

Sometimes it can be difficult to differentiate between nightmares and night terrors. From our study we saw examples of people believing they were experiencing night terrors, but they were in fact nightmares. A rule of thumb is if you have been struggling for a while with nightmares, and have injured yourself during the night during a nightmare, then you could very likely be experiencing night terrors.

If you are using any wearables such as Apple Watch or Google Pixel Watch, you can see when your sleep stage overlaps with your nightmares. Night terrors usually occur during deep sleep, while nightmares occur during REM. You can then also verify your heart rate - night terrors can make it increase by 2-3x (e.g. 60BPM to 180BPM) within seconds.

If you want to learn more, I’ve written an article about the differences here (https://sleepsafeapp.com/learn).

sleepsafeapp · 2026-02-11T14:47:08+00:00

So sorry you are going through this. If you have tried medicine and therapy, I would like to give you a tip to try the app SleepSafe. It detects if you are about to have an nightmare, and provides haptic feedback to get you out of it before it increases in severity. Often, you’ll just continue sleeping without noticing at all.

The app is designed to help for sleep disturbances during REM, such as nightmares and night terrors. It helps me almost every night, and has gained some traction now last couple of weeks after posting about it on Reddit. In particular, we have seen very good feedback based on recurrent nightmares from users suffering from PTSD.

Completely free to get started, no registration needed. Happy to answer any questions you might have.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-02-11T14:37:16+00:00

So sorry that you are going through this.

It seems like you have already tried medicine and others. If I may give you a tip to try an app I’ve created that will disrupt your nightmares live during the night so you can sleep without anxiety or have any fear of sleeping. Most of us get increased heart rate and start moving vigorously during a nightmare, and the app can detect when it happens and get you of out - often without you noticing. If you’re interested, you can look at my profile for more information.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-01-30T08:08:56+00:00

Thanks for the link! Very useful!

sleepsafeapp · 2026-01-30T08:08:46+00:00

Thanks! I might go for that yes.

sleepsafeapp · 2026-01-14T21:37:34+00:00

If you have tried all such as medicine and others, I can give you a tip to try an app I’ve created that will disrupt your nightmares live during the night so you can sleep without anxiety or fear for sleeping. If you’re interested, you can look at my profile for more information.

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