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I've lived with diagnosed type 2 narcolepsy[1] for 11-12 years now (half of my life, thanks Pandemrix), vivid dreams have been par for the course. Lots of nigh

by morjom 4y ago

I've lived with diagnosed type 2 narcolepsy[1] for 11-12 years now (half of my life, thanks Pandemrix), vivid dreams have been par for the course. Lots of nightmare-like dreams. Looks, sounds, smells like a nightmare, but doesn't "feel" like one). Thankfully I have developed/ adapted a way to wake-up whenever. I'd say I am semi-lucid in most of my dreams. I also have a very distinct "dreamscape" where my dreams happen. I can remember many of my dreams from years ago pretty accurately even though I don't journal them. 1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcolepsy

Rury 4y ago
Yeah, I've learned to be able to wake up at will too. However, it always comes at a cost. I have to kill myself in the dream, and it always involves being hit or run over by a train. But sometimes it doesn't work entirely as I end up waking up in another dream, which is sometimes freaky, as it's not evident to me at first that I'm in just another dream or if I am awake. But once I figure I'm still dreaming, I can always cause that train to appear again.
- deltaonefour 4y ago
  I too have a similar ability. But lately there's been a creature in my dreams. Every time I see it, I know I'm dreaming and I kill myself immediately. One time it managed to pin me down to stop me from killing myself. I ended up biting on some suicide capsules in the back of my jaw to die and that worked, but I won't always have that prop in the future.. It really depends on the context and the dream whether or not it makes sense for me to have that in my mouth. I can will it into existence but it HAS to make sense in the dream. I keep running from this creature. It wants to talk to me but somehow I sense malice and that I should avoid talking to it at all costs.

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I've lived with diagnosed type 2 narcolepsy[1] for 11-12 years now (half of my life, thanks Pandemrix), vivid dreams have been par for the course. Lots of nigh

by morjom 4y ago

Rury 4y ago
Yeah, I've learned to be able to wake up at will too. However, it always comes at a cost. I have to kill myself in the dream, and it always involves being hit or run over by a train. But sometimes it doesn't work entirely as I end up waking up in another dream, which is sometimes freaky, as it's not evident to me at first that I'm in just another dream or if I am awake. But once I figure I'm still dreaming, I can always cause that train to appear again.
- deltaonefour 4y ago
  I too have a similar ability. But lately there's been a creature in my dreams. Every time I see it, I know I'm dreaming and I kill myself immediately. One time it managed to pin me down to stop me from killing myself. I ended up biting on some suicide capsules in the back of my jaw to die and that worked, but I won't always have that prop in the future.. It really depends on the context and the dream whether or not it makes sense for me to have that in my mouth. I can will it into existence but it HAS to make sense in the dream. I keep running from this creature. It wants to talk to me but somehow I sense malice and that I should avoid talking to it at all costs.