<p>On his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them.</p><p>Tre’s lying in bed. He’s 10 years old and his heart’s racing. He’s just seen a strange figure in the corner of his bedroom, and it’s moving towards him. Tre has experiences like this all through his childhood. Nightmares. Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. One afternoon, at school, his teacher pulls him aside. She’s spotted something in him that she recognises. And so it begins - tests, scans, until the clues come together and reveal a diagnosis that explains everything. 
 
In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. 
 
Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley 
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
 
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples 
Producer: Claire Bowes 
Editor: Emma Rippon 
 
#Room5
 
End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal</p>

Room 5

BBC Radio 4

6. Tre

DEC 13, 202233 MIN
Room 5

6. Tre

DEC 13, 202233 MIN

Description

<p>On his childhood nightmares and the diagnosis that explained them.</p><p>Tre’s lying in bed. He’s 10 years old and his heart’s racing. He’s just seen a strange figure in the corner of his bedroom, and it’s moving towards him. Tre has experiences like this all through his childhood. Nightmares. Hallucinations. Sleep paralysis. One afternoon, at school, his teacher pulls him aside. She’s spotted something in him that she recognises. And so it begins - tests, scans, until the clues come together and reveal a diagnosis that explains everything. In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman Composer: Jeremy Warmsley Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples Producer: Claire Bowes Editor: Emma Rippon #Room5 End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal</p>