Hypnonautics

  November 15th , 2021 ; 2 am-2:45 am I was in the midst of a discussion with my brother; he wanted to do some photography and drove us over to a nearby field.  As we parked by the field we ran into our mom, dad, sister, older sister, and nephew. Such an incident was due to a prior arrangement that had now taken precedent over our current plans.  Upon entering the building, which was very dark, it became suddenly apparent that my nephew was gone, and by looking for him, we found something else. As we searched the building, we came across a room with a sickly-looking older woman sitting up in a gurney, half surrounded by a blue curtain that appeared almost black because the lights were off. Using a flashlight on my phone to examine the room, I couldn't help but notice what looked like a mess of some kind on the floor to the right of the woman's bed. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be blood; in the center of the mess was a skull and a few bones that had been picked...

  Photo by Daniil Kuželev on Unsplash September 27th, 2021 There was a hangout that was thrown at my family's old home and my friends from college came. My sister sat with one who looked upset and when I approached he took a sharp breath as if holding back tears. When I asked him what was wrong he started crying. I held his hand as he metaphorically pointed his finger at me. "You said you would call and I never heard back from you. I wanted to be your friend and waited but it never happened." I thanked him for his bravery and struggled with what to think and do. This really hurt because in the waking world I've heard this same thing from different people on multiple occasions. Worse still, it's true. My friends want my time and I don't know how to give it. It was easier in school because we were all physically close to one another. After hearing this from a friend on the 26th in the waking world, I began to think about this more seriously. I've lost many ...