Dream within a Dream within a Dream within a

[Krystedez]

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So this morning I came back to college campus from the train. Had to get up super early this morning to get on the train. Arrived late like a half hour.

"Pssh... class at 10:30... It's 8:00... Get on bus at 8:15... Get home by 8:30-9:00? Say hello, extra hour of sleep!"

I get home, feeling really groggy after listening to a Disney song that I put my Sony player like a million years ago (Brother Bear 2: It Will Be Me, for those Disney fanatics or if you like Melissa Etheridge...). I wheel my bike up the giant hill up to my apartment, lock it up on the rack outside, and head on inside.

I drop my stuff, get all my notes and my laptop ready to go for when I get up, and then konk out in bed with my super-noise canceling earbuds. (moar leik plugs). I listened to Okami's "The Sun Rises" in piano form... So relaxing.

I fall asleep like almost immediately, unusual for someone with my sleep habits, and I start to dream. Better yet, I'm AWARE I'm dreaming. I'm like, "WOAH this is awesome...". First I got in some firework show with a bunch of bright colors, and I'm riding a God Damn Pony. "Check yourself..." I said to myself, and seen that I was actually a freaking out-of-body camera watching myself riding this thing like it was a go kart. It was mother-!@#$ing Rainbow Dash of all ponies. Sweeeet. If ponies are in my dreams, the only one allowed is her. Made my dream 20 percent cooler.

So besides that fun fact that might make you TL;DR or TMLP;DR in this case, I suddenly was awake in my room again. Weird. I was just riding a damn pony. So I walk out of my bed (yes, like Legend of Zelda or Pokemon, just walk out of bed man) and go into the living room. Someone I knew from campus was there, and we talked normally. Now I wasn't aware I was dreaming. Then my life like fast-forwarded about 20 years, and I was the boss of my own company and had a family. I was just building a new house, and my son was born and raised approximately into his 15th year I guess. (His name was Ronald Rudolph, and though I had not seen or heard of my son in this dream, I knew his name because we signed our names on a tile in the ceiling; R.R. and C.R. - AKA Chris)

Then I was suddenly was awakened by my alarm. Wait, what? It was going off for sure. Was I awake NOW? Jesus. So I stop my alarm and go back to sleep, cuz it was only 9:40. I had class in 50 minutes.

Now I'm like wait, I'm already asleep. AND I know I'm dreaming for sure... right? At least I'm asking myself this while staring onto an empty battle field, and bombshells were going off left and right. Couldn't hear anything because of shell shock. Suddenly I whited out and I woke up again.

My heart was pounding. My alarm had been going off again at 9:45. It had a a 5 minute timer on it that would alarm every 5 minutes if I snoozed it. Apparently I kept snoozing it.

I went back to sleep, but not really, I just laid there, trying NOT to fall asleep. I hate being stuck in a dream phase where I can't get out on my own will very easily. I struggled really hard to wake up from the white out that just occurred. Now I was being pulled slowly back in. I woke up several times, each time 5 minutes from my phone alarm going off again. I was officially annoyed, cranky, and did not have the strength to turn off or change the alarm. I just kept... getting stuck in sleep limbo or something, with each passing dream being one I woke up from another. The alarm was not really helpful, because I truly did not get up and out of bed...

I finally get a dream where I'm actually not freaking out. I was aware of what I was doing, walking through a mall or some crowded area with bunches of people not paying me any attention. It was like I was invisible. I started doing naughty things like taking candy bars out of nearby stores, and slapping girls' butts. NO idea why. This wasn't in character for me, but even when I'm aware of what I'm doing sometimes I can't control it. Hell, one time I was drunk in a dream, but I won't go there.

So anyways I wake up again, and this time it's 10:30. Oh ****, I'm late! I say to myself. But I can't move. It's like I'm stuck, about to fall asleep again! I was just frustrated, and kept trying to get up. I could see some of my room, but it was distorted. I fell back into a dream phase. This time... Wait, "Am I actually awake now?" I'm actually out of bed. I walk outside of my room, this time no one to greet me. I get outside and I'm about to get on my bike and ride out to my class. Only I end up crashing. Hard. On the concrete. This time I woke up for sure. And this time I felt my body physically get out of bed. (and sore, might I add...)

I looked at the clock. But the numbers didn't look right. They flipped upside down. I fell off my "ceiling". What the hell, okay, so now I' m dreaming again? This happened along with a number of other dreams that I couldn't remember. It's like I kept falling through holes in time.

At long last, I woke up, and it was 11:00... !@#$... I had missed class. I got a half hour before my next one though. So I laid there, staying fully awake but still very groggy. To avoid falling asleep again and dreaming with my subconscience, I simply rolled over on my belly and put the phone alarm next to my pillow. It "woke" me up at 11:25 (after 3 or 4 consecutive snoozes, to keep me awake)...

I got out of my bed, told myself "okay, can't miss this lecture", and got my stuff ready. I was about to turn off my alarm, when I read on it with a horrified look on my face...

I had set my alarm for 10:20... Not 9:40...

What the !@#$ just happened?

 

[Life]

You're probably about to wake up again....

 

[MetalMusicMan]

You're still asleep and I'm about to put whipped cream in your hand and tickle your nose with a feather

 

[Isatis]

first thing that came to mind:

http://inception.davepedu.com/

 

[Patinator]

...Interesting read... O.o Wow. Um... wow. XD;

 

[Dragoon Fighter]

Still trapped in a dream!
Snake Eater!

 

[Zigsta]

Lucid dreams are always way too much fun.

And I approve listening to Disney music.

 

[#HBC | ZoZo]

Did you even set the alarm in the first place lol

 

[M@v]

Yo dawg, we heard you like dreams....

 

[GimR]

you experienced sleep paralysis at one point: The part where you said you couldn't move but you could see your room distorted. You actually couldn't see your room, your eyes were closed, you were just dreaming / hallucinating the room.

 

[t3h Icy]

Incessantly dreaming is probably better for your brain

 

[Krystedez]

you experienced sleep paralysis at one point: The part where you said you couldn't move but you could see your room distorted. You actually couldn't see your room, your eyes were closed, you were just dreaming / hallucinating the room.

So if someone was staring down at me when that part of my dreaming occured; i.e. my aware-state during rest and seeing my room; he would see my eyes closed?

How messed up is that... Jesus. One time, I saw red-tint in everything that was in front of me, while laying down, and could not move, and my eyes felt like they were bulging out, and pulsating, and I woke up; LITERALLY woke up (rose up from my bed) finally while this was happening, and the redness didnt go away while I was awake for about a split second. It was scary. The paralysis part came too; it had actually lasted long enough that my whole right side was somewhat numb...

 

[Laem]

Better carry a totem with ya from now on

 

[GimR]

So if someone was staring down at me when that part of my dreaming occured; i.e. my aware-state during rest and seeing my room; he would see my eyes closed?

How messed up is that... Jesus. One time, I saw red-tint in everything that was in front of me, while laying down, and could not move, and my eyes felt like they were bulging out, and pulsating, and I woke up; LITERALLY woke up (rose up from my bed) finally while this was happening, and the redness didnt go away while I was awake for about a split second. It was scary. The paralysis part came too; it had actually lasted long enough that my whole right side was somewhat numb...

I have sleep paralysis every couple months or so but I've only hallucinated twice. If you're still dreaming your eyes are actually closed but you think you see your room but it's not clear it's all distorted. If you're hallucinating your eyes are open but everything is clear but you're seeing, hearing, feeling things that are not there. Sleep experts are actually beginning to believe that people who thought they were being abducted by aliens are just people having hallucinations during sleep paralysis.

Luckily for me, I read up on it and learned about the hallucinations before I had them so I wasn't scared at all when they actually happened. Unfortunately for Smoom this was not the case. He told me that the first time he ever had sleep paralysis he fell asleep on the couch and when he woke up he could see a monster in the room slowly creeping up on his paralyzed body. I've read of a guy who saw a dead little girl propped up on the wall across from his bed.

Also fortunately for me, the first time I ever experienced sleep paralysis I learned how to get out of it. Count to 5 in your head. As your counting try to focus all of your energy. On 5 try to move you whole body at once and kind of burst out of it. When you wake up in a state of sleep paralysis you do not want to fall back asleep. If you fall back asleep you'll just wake back up in sleep paralysis.

Lastly, I've read that a major cause of sleep paralysis is sleep apnea. It's basically where you can't breathe through your nose when sleeping so your body wakes you up and then you fall back asleep, sometimes multiple times in one night. The thing is, you don't remember waking up. Apparently along with this being a cause of sleep paralysis this is also really bad for your heart and could eventually lead up to killing you. My mom and all of her sisters have it. I should probably also get myself checked out.

 

[Smoom77]

You remembered Gimr! <3