I just had a really weird dream. One of those that you wake up and go back into the same dream later when you fall asleep again. I was me but surrounded by people I don’t know irl but I truly did in my dream. I was with a group of friends. One of them was going through a separation and we were helping him move out. The ex was there as well and we all knew her and the guy for years. She was a part of the friend group.

The thing that really fucked with me is these people that don’t exist were so real. It included inside jokes that I knew, back stories of how we met. Reminiscing of things we did together in the past. I remember pulling out my phone and shooting the shit with one of the guys showing old pics and videos of crazy shit we did in the past for instance.

There was also drama that I knew about in my dream and watched progress / unfold in front of me. Like a few of the closest people to the guy going through this were a no show.

Idk it was just fucking weird, like I was completely emersed in the situations, having unique conversations with these “friends”, the story progressed like the movers finally showing up. People coming and going. Me getting yelled at to get off my ass and start helping.

The whole thing was surreal and I think what made it weirder was that it wasn’t very eventful. Usually dreams are more interesting? Like it was just me, existing, doing something with this friend group that doesn’t get together very often anymore that I had known for years but literally don’t exist. Another weird thing is I wasn’t the main character. I was just helping a friend out that needed me.

Idk, the whole thing fucked with me. I have never had a dream so… Immersive based completely on people I don’t know?

  • michaelalf@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Yeah, since becoming a Dad I’ve had extremely vivid and horrific dreams of bad things happening which stick with me for weeks. I also have sleep paralysis but I’m pretty used to the hallucinations now.

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      3 hours ago

      Same. They don’t warn you about that. Fortunately they fade after a couple of years.

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      10 hours ago

      Embrace those intrusive thoughts and dreams as your mind playing out the most horrific things that you would never think to do. They are normal. You are a good parent and your child is well cared for and loved!

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      14 hours ago

      Yes! I have a talent for sleep. I touch my bed and I sleep. Never have to wake up in the middle of the night. Never a sleepless night.

      Until I got children. Especially now they get older. I sometimes lay awake at night worrying if I am doing things right, if I am raising them well, if I’m there for them enough, etc…

      I do not have these concerns when I’m awake, only when I’m in bed. Often when I need to get up early the next day

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        10 hours ago

        Hey, you. If you’re worrying at all about doing things right, you are doing them right. You got this and your child is very lucky to have you!