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A systematic psychoanalytic study of pavor nocturnus is presented in this lucid article. The main differences from the nightmare of the adult are the hypermotility and retrograde amnesia in the child's experience as compared to the feeling of paralysis and the vivid recall in the adult. Three distinct types of pavor nocturnus in children are described. In one type seemingly psychotic behavior predominates and the condition grows worse from the Oedipal phase into puberty. Characteristically these children have grown up in an atmosphere of sexual