nightmare starters
âWake up! Wake up! Itâs just a dream!â âWhat were you dreaming aboutâŠ? You were shoutingâŠâ âI woke up because you were screaming so loudly.â âShhâ No, no, donât panic, love. Youâre safe now.â âIt was so real! I swear! He/she was here!â âI donât ever want to sleep again. What ifâ what if I dream about that again?â âIf you tell me, itâll go away. Thatâs what my mum/dad always told me and itâs never failed me.â âDo you want to go back to sleep, or shall I make you a cup of tea?â âI donât want to go back to sleepâŠâ âIâm so scared⊠I canât stop seeing what I just saw. It was so vivid!â âThereâs really nobody here, okay? Do you need me to show you around to prove that to you?â âHow do I know Iâm not still dreaming? Youâre acting really strangely.â âLetâs get you to the shower, youâre covered in sweat.â âThereâs really nobody else here.â âYouâve got a really bad fever. That must have caused those weird dreams.â âI donât even know what a peaceful nightâs sleep is like anymore.â âI canât do this anymore. These nightmares have to stopâŠâ âShh, it was just a bad dream. Just a dream, okay? None of it was real.â âI canât go back to sleep after that. I need coffeeâ no, I need a drink, a stiff one.â âHow long have you been having these nightmares?â âIâve had nightmares all my life, but theyâve been really bad recently.â âYou get so worked up before you go to sleep, maybe you should try to relax a bit more. Maybe then youâll get some rest?â âIâd kill for a peaceful nightâs sleep.â âA dream catcher? Honestly? Iâm not a child.â âNothingâs ever helped this. I just need to learn to live with the fact that sleeping will always be a nightmare, literally.â âIâm so tired⊠but thereâs no way Iâm going back to sleep after that.â










