We actually never knew until very recently that this (feeling tiny or huge inside your body as you were falling asleep, feeling like your body is spinning, etc) was uncommon! We just assumed everybody felt that sometimes.
But yes we tend to have very vivid dreams, and we have periodic insomnia.
Take Photos of Stove Dials Before You Leave for Vacation:
…before leaving the house, take a photo of your stove and oven dials—or your thermostat, or your iron, or anything else you worry about accidentally leaving on. If your brain starts to play the “Did I really turn it off” game, you can simply tap your photo app and see for yourself
Reblogging to save a life
this is a good strategy
I can imagine this being incredibly helpful for some people with OCD, as well as folks like me with anxiety disorders combined with ADHD (so lack of executive function which leads to frequently forgetting things which leads to legitimizing the fears from the anxiety since a lot of the time I DID forget The Thing…)
It’s one of those moments where you come awake in your bed all at once, without transition. You’re not certain that you even remember falling asleep, but here you are in your bed, in your room, in the dark.
So you must have been sleeping.
This is your room, isn’t it?
Something feels different. Strange. The familiar sounds of the nightscape outside your window– the distant cars, the hum of streetlamps– are gone. In fact, you don’t hear anything.
No– that’s not true. Suddenly you hear whispering from behind your closed door.
“You sure we’re doing this tonight? What if the dreamer is awake?”
Oh my gosh we have polls now.
What if I… What if I…
😁😁😁😁
