At least twice a week, Deanna has recurring "bad dreams" during REM sleep that are so real and terrifying that they significantly disturb her sleep.Deanna has which sleep disturbance?
A) sleep terrors
B) narcolepsy
C) somnambulism
D) nightmare disorder

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The description best fits nightmare disorder, which is characterized by repeated occurrences of frightening dreams during REM sleep that disrupt the individual's sleep patterns. Sleep terrors involve sudden waking with extreme fear and autonomic arousal during non-REM sleep, narcolepsy involves sudden onset of sleep, and somnambulism involves sleepwalking during non-REM sleep.

At Least Twice a Week, Deanna Has Recurring "Bad Dreams