Yes. Night terrors affect around 2 percent of adults, and SleepSafe works for them the same way it does for children: it detects the episodes on Apple Watch and can schedule gentle wake-ups shortly before your usual time to prevent them.
Adults get night terrors too
Night terrors are most common in young children, but they are not only a childhood problem. A large general-population study found that around 2 percent of adults still experience them (Ohayon et al., 1999). The regularity that makes them treatable is the same in adults as in children.
How SleepSafe helps adults
SleepSafe detects the episodes on the Apple Watch and, because they tend to happen at a consistent time after you fall asleep, can deliver a gentle scheduled wake-up shortly before that window to interrupt the deep-sleep cycle the terror grows out of. Once you have logged a few of your own events, it charts when they cluster so you can time the wake-up to your own pattern.
SleepSafe is a complementary tool, not a replacement for professional medical treatment. If nightmares or night terrors affect your health or daily life, speak with a healthcare provider.
Try SleepSafe
Free on the App Store. Detects nightmares and night terrors on your Apple Watch and gently intervenes, entirely on-device.
