Some Other Things, On A More Psychological Level, That Someone Might Experience Following A Nightmare

Some other things, on a more psychological level, that someone might experience following a nightmare (or at least in my experience):

intense derealization (believing things aren't real, a sense of 'jamais vu') or depersonalization (believing that one's memories and experiences aren't theirs, that they don't know who they are)

a distorted sense of time (believing dream events took place, thinking it's the wrong day)

Thought spirals (related or unrelated to the dream), distorted and illogical thinking patterns

A fear of falling back asleep, the need to seek out a distracting activity or stay awake using caffeine/sugar/etc.

Guilt or shame over the content of the dream or the fact they had a nightmare

Persistent unjustifiable fear or paranoia

Have fun inflicting those on some characters >:D

things people do after having a nightmare that isn’t crying

struggle to catch their breath

grab onto whatever’s close enough to ground themselves in reality

become nauseous / vomit

shake uncontrollably

sweat buckets

get a headache

things people do to combat having nightmares if they occur commonly

sleep near other people so they can hear the idle sounds of them completing tasks

move to a different sleeping spot than where they had the nightmare

leave tvs / radios / phones on with noise

just not sleep (if you want to go the insomnia route)

sleep during the day in bright rooms

things people with insomnia do

first, obviously, their ability to remember things and their coordination will go out the window

its likely they’ll become irritable or overly emotional

their body will start to ache, shake, and weaken

hallucinate if it’s been long enough

it becomes incredibly easy for them to get sick (and they probably will)

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Blocket is on the left and on the right, in order of left to right, is Bochi, Beebles, and Moho

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Beebles is blind, but she is very sweet and also somehow the alpha cat. Blocket's a bit of a coward and was the runt of her litter but she's very affectionate and smart. Moho loves water and dirt and food. Bochi escaped yesterday, got stuck under the deck and it took forever to find her; we call her the menace (lovingly).

been a week.

Need pics of your pets. Puppies, kitties, ferrets, birbs, geckos, any welcome just wholesome content pls.

I'm just sick of all this political content on my following and I'm already going through a lot of stuff in my life right now. Just not mentally okay and I threw in asks to help spread good vibes, spread some good vibes. I just want everyone's day to be OK. 👉👈

I'll start with my bebs.

Charlie from last night and ZuZu when we went to the park.

"ai is making it so everyone can make art" Everyone can make art dipshit it came free with your fucking humanity

*Blockets your Mojito-posting*

whenever i post souyo cats people talk about their cats and it makes me happy. tell me about your pets

I drew Naoto and Teddie on a sticky note on the first day of July and pasted it to the door. It is now halfway through October and they still persist (even after my sister moved them).