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Unscientific Dream Experiments
As a very unscientific experiment, I thought about a place I wanted to dream about. Didn’t play any music or anything, just tried to concentrate.
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Milestones
One year later, and the Severance chip has continued to hold. In January 2025, I was coming to the end of my CBT-I treatment. I was consistently getting a sleep quality score of 85…
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Sleep Study
Around 2010, I approached my doctor for help with my sleep issues. I was prescribed Lunesta and Ambien. With both medications, they “worked” in the sense I got to sleep, but I felt groggy…
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My Body versus My Brain
My sleep hygiene has been poor this month, and as a result I’ve had three nightmares and one bad dream. Some of the nightmares were very one-to-one with current events (I dreamt I was…
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Musical Interlude V: A Revelation
You are the night-time fearYou are the morning when it’s clear You want a revelationYou want to get rightBut it’s a conversationI just can’t have tonightYou want a revelationSome kind of resolutionYou want a…
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Strange Mirrors
I have a friend in Minnesota. On Wednesday, I mapped her address, curious where she lived in relation to Minneapolis. Wednesday, I dreamed I was visiting a different friend, in California. We were driving…
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Torture
I had a dream last night about The Hunger Games. I find the world of The Hunger Games fascinating, and I go through periods of hyperfixation. Images or ideas get stuck in my brain…
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2025 Wrap Up
The monthly stats showed a clear improvement after I started the prazosin and then when I had my “breakthrough.” But the yearly data shows just how much of a difference medication and CBT-I made.…
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Musical Interlude IV: Christmas
Today is Christmas Day, and as I look out my living room window onto a still rather green landscape, “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” popped into my head. The song “White Christmas” is…
I just wanted to get some rest.
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