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CPAP Masks
During a sleep apnea episode, the upper airway is partially or completely blocked. The sleeper can struggle to breathe or even stop breathing completely. This can lead to sleep problems and also long-term health…
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April 7th
Today is my father’s death day. Twenty-five years, if you can believe it. I cannot. My sleep problems existed before he died, but his illness and death prolonged those problems and made them worse.…
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The Place with a Partial Name
It is funny that I constantly ask my subconscious for answers, to eschew symbols and just tell me what it wants, and this is the kind of answer it produces. Good one.
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Musical Interlude VI: A Song You Can’t Google
One song in particular enraptured me: “Heath” by Arizona. Looking up this song is nearly impossible. Go ahead, try it. Google, YouTube. . . you’ll get it eventually but you have to wade through…
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Too Lucid?
I was, for lack of a better word, conscious that I didn’t want to be in the dream anymore. Well, there is a better word, lucid.
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Real Dream Locales
My grandparents bought their house in the 1960s, and lived there for my entire life. Grandpa was in the process of moving into assisted living when he died in 2020. It is a house…
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Who is in charge of the dream?
So who is in charge of that? Why would my brain do that? As an atheist, I find this all very, very frustrating.
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little protectors
When I met with my CBT-I doctor in 2024, I sheepishly told him I let the cats sleep with me. To my surprise, he said that was fine; research is showing that our pets…

