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A nightmare, also known as a bad dream, is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety or great sadness. However, psychological nomenclature differentiates between nightmares and bad dreams; specifically, people remain asleep during bad dreams, whereas nightmares can awaken individuals. The dream may contain situations of discomfort, psychological or physical terror, or panic. After a nightmare, a person will often awaken in a state of distress and may be unable to return to sleep for a short period of time. Recurrent nightmares may require medical help, as they can interfere with sleeping patterns and cause insomnia.
Nightmares can have physical causes such as sleeping in an uncomfortable position or having a fever, or psychological causes such as stress or anxiety. Eating before going to sleep, which triggers an increase in the body's metabolism and brain activity, can be a potential stimulus for nightmares.The prevalence of nightmares in children (5–12 years old) is between 20 and 30%, and for adults is between 8 and 30%. In common language, the meaning of nightmare has extended as a metaphor to many bad things, such as a bad situation or a scary monster or person.

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  1. jaydebruyne

    Nightmare Job

    I've been given a bit a nightmare job for tomorrow.. Some pipework underneath wooden flooring is leaking. The pipework has been exposed and leak sourced. But the pipe needing repairing (15mm) is underneath other pipework (22mm). Basically, my questions are these: What is the best way of...
  2. D

    Sweat soaked nightmare

    Dreamt I was swapping my van for a Renault Trafic. Scary one!
  3. P

    Cast iron bath in a field, horse drinking..a water regs nightmare?

    I've been asked to fit a ballvalve to two old baths in a field for horses to drink. At the moment its just got hosepipe buried a few inches in the field jubilee clipped to the tap which is permenantly trickling in. The stable owner is getting a water meter fitted and wants them to fill up and...
  4. B

    A Nightmare - Confusion Between Homeserve & Thames Water - Advice & Help Needed!

    Hi All, This is a bit of a convoluted issue so please bear with me as I am not a trade professional & apologies for the length. If this in the wrong section, will the mods please kindly re-direct to the correct one! We have been suffering an infestation of rats in our house (semi detached...
    • Bazzy
    • Thread
    • advice between color help help needed manhole needed nightmare rainwater verdana water
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  5. hammers4spanner

    utter nightmare

    Had a complete nightmare today probably one of the biggest disasters i have had for a while, was on a job fitting an outside tap and you would think not a lot could go wrong well it did . Cust asked if i wanted a brew so i requested one well it came with some biscuits (ginger nuts) First...
  6. Riley

    Customer shower screen nightmare

    Morning guys having a bit of a nightmare just finished a bathroom and now customer springs on us that there is a bath shower screen problem is at the start custard never told us that there was one, even when prompted so my tiler has created a nice boxing at the end of the bath with a little...
  7. A

    Nightmare of a day. Changed some rads now not heating up!

    Hi guys Had a pig of a job today, over at the house of a regular customer I changed 3 rads downstairs, when it came to filling up for the last time and turning the heating on, upstairs reached temperature as you would expect but downstairs only a couple of rads were getting hot and the rest...
  8. A

    Sanitop macerator blocked. Do I attempt the job? Possible nightmare customer.

    Hi guys, Had a phone call today from a customer who said his macerator is blocked, I popped round there about an hour ago. First thing he asked me on the phone was do I charge a call out rate, I said no - will lose the job straight away probably. Anyway I get there and he flushes the toilet...
  9. W

    High and low pressure system nightmare.

    I am looking for some solid advice. I have moved into a 2nd floor flat that has a Potterton Puma 100 combi boiler. The cold water supply to the bathroom and ensuite shower room is fed from the communal tank in the loft. The building is 4 storeys (ie 1 more residential level above me and then...
    • willingnotable
    • Thread
    • combi high low pressure mains nightmare pressure shower system
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  10. Riley

    Ray I'm having a nightmare .....

    Hi Ray I'm dealing with the customer from hell who keeps changing her mind re what I'm fitting. She's a lovely lady but couldn't make a decision if her life depended on it. I gave her one of the bathroom in a bag bundles and she said. "Oh won't you choose for me?" I kid you not. She then said "I...
  11. S

    Please HELP with new combi boiler , possible nightmare on my hands

    Hi guys I'm just wondering if anyone could please offer me some advice please . i do apologise if I'm in the wrong section i won't go into to much detail including company names etc but I feel that I'm getting something fitted that's costing a few thousand pounds and its going to turn into a...
    • Shaun_sdw
    • Thread
    • boiler combi combi boiler hands help nightmare oil please possible
    • Replies: 237
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  12. W

    Ideal Imax nightmare

    Tuesday got given a main pcb to swap diagnosed by a bloke who was goin on holiday, swapped it throwing up E04 then E0.8 fault. Rang the bloke before he jetted off he said must be display board.??? ok whatever. Wednesday fit said board still same fault, Rang idea told him new pcb and display...
  13. T

    Salesmans nightmare

    I wonder how they market that then?
  14. B

    admited defeat on VP WC unit - need recomendations.

    Hi all, Funnily enough (although we're not laughing) we've just had an identical experience installing a Victoria plumb Odessa slimline WC unit / concealed cistern as in a previous thread on this forum <link> - ukplumbersforums.co.uk / sanitary-ware/63558-victoria-plumb-cistern-nightmare.html...
  15. T

    Bit of a nightmare

    Customer wants a low profile walk in shower tray started to first fix the pipes and waste, problem is my waste, pulled floorboards up I have about 3 inch gap to position waste and run the pipe out the wall, I was thinking run wwaste thru the wall and connect to a flexi waste, but there is a...
  16. M

    Ceramic tap valves

    Ive got a customer who has called that wants to replace the normal valves in his taps with ceramic quarter turn ones as the seats are worn. We don't usually do these types of jobs, so I didnt know if they would work if the seats are worn through. Apparently they have has the seats re-done in...
  17. V

    The NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOUR Next Door

    My next door neighbour has gone and done it this time? He has planted at least TEN of those trees (Conifers I think they are called) that grow quite high. In as much as most will say what is my problem, but he has planted it exactly at the boundary line? My problem is, as it grows, it will...
  18. P

    Remember my nightmare customer ........

    She strikes again small claims court !!! And they judged against me omfg what can I do I'm really downhearted at the moment
  19. cr0ft

    Potential Nightmare Customer

    Hi all. To date I have really been getting on with these customers, they bought us a bottle of wine each after their electrical work recently. It's going downhill a bit now. We are fitting 9x new rads in their rather large house. We sent them photos of the rads before ordering and the...
  20. hammers4spanner

    nightmare

    had the full trials and stress of plumbing today proper head do-er have been doing the slowest new build ever for a cust who has been a pain from the start and the whole job has been a nuisance been going on for about 18 months every trade has been one step forward two back well today i...
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