(so I Don't End Up Using The Word Very Much) - Tumblr Posts

How do you define the word "nightmare"?

A dream that causes fear and includes classically scary elements*

A dream that causes fear, but does not necessarily include scary elements

A dream with scary elements that elicits any negative emotion**

A dream with scary elements, regardless of elicited emotion

A dream that elicits any negative emotion

Something else

I don't use this word

*Stuff that's typically associated with horror, like monsters, death, falling, etc. Under this definition, a scary dream about something like fighting with a friend would not count.

**Including emotions like sadness, anger, stress, disgust, etc.

*Stuff that's typically associated with horror, like monsters, death, falling, etc. Under this definition, a scary dream about something like fighting with a friend would not count.

**Including emotions like sadness, anger, stress, disgust, etc.