Mantidflykit has moderate nightmare disorder caused by generalized anxiety. which means she has nightmares a few times a week caused by anxiety. generalized anxiety: (I have this myself but like doing research okay?) Mantidfly worries about things more than usual, it can distract her from doing things and make her forget things when she's too busy being anxious about something. She’ll also plan out conversations or be worried about talking to cats she doesn’t know and often try to avoid meeting new people. When Mantifly worries she can be more irritable and restless which causes nightmares. She'll snap at others if they're being even a little bit irritating. She’s normally a sweet cat but when she’s stressed and anxious it can be hard to not get angry. She could also lie out of fear of getting in trouble. When having conversations Mantifly might do things like play with her fur or just seem very tense due to her anxiety. She'll be worried about talking with other cats and saying the wrong things. Mantidflykit is dramatic but when she’s anxious she’s not being dramatic anymore and other cats might not believe her. (Boy who cried wolf kind of methinks) Nightmare disorder: Mantidfly will be affected by this by having anxiety about going to bed making her not to sleep out of fear of having a nightmare. Nightmares are scary and Mantidfly doesn’t want to have to deal with it. She’s a very dramatic cat so she might complain about not ever being able to sleep to other cats. The nightmares can cause Mantidfly to wake up in the middle of the night, and because of her anxiety she likely won't go back to sleep and be very tired the next day. But on nights she doesn’t have a nightmare she sleeps in late. If Mantidfly is stressed about somthing she will have a nightmare about what is stressing her with the outcome that was causing her stress. ex: If she is worried about playing with other kits because she could run into a bug shell have a nightmare about running into a bug. (Dreams are really weird idk vro my dreams highkey don’t have meanings)
Nightmares https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24464-nightmare-disorder https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/nightmare-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353515 https://www.verywellmind.com/nightmare-disorder-definition-symptoms-causes-treatment-5220095 both: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/stress-dreams-why-do-we-have-them-and-how-to-stop anxiety: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20360803 https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad https://vjmpublishing.nz/?p=8089
