My 13 yr old DS has recently started having nightmares (really horrible ones about being chased by someone with a knife). He has sometimes woken around 3am and not been able to go back to sleep. As well as this he sometimes gets headaches that sound like migraines - he doesn't like noise or bright lights. He has also sometimes woken up with sore throats. We've just had a week over half term where all was fine - and then Monday morning he had a sore throat and this morning came to see me at 6am crying because he'd had a dream where he was being made to watch all of us being stabbed. Horrible. He swears he's happy at school. However, my husband and I have had an awful 18 months - not rowing in front of the kids, but there's been a lot of tension. We told the kids we will be separating just a few weeks ago. DS says he's ok about this too and I do try and give him opportunities to open up. My instinct is that DS is anxious - possibly about me and his dad, (but then why we're things ok during half term?) or possibly about general growing up fears. Has anyone had a similar problem and how have you dealt with it?
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