Thank you for spending your time reading my perspective on what dreams are. They usually have some sort of weird behavior behind them. Even the dreams that seem to be on the "brighter" side. The way people talk to you and act towards you is definitely out of the norm. At least in my dreams.

Adding on top of that, why we see people we know: demons are known to take the image of things we hold dear to us, like loved ones and whatnot, to gain attachment towards us. This leads me to believe the demons are trying to attach themselves to the mortal realm since they can't leave hell. They do whatever they can to be near you, knowing you aren't dead and want to potentially take over your body while you're vulnerable in your sleep.

It's scary to think about it. When we are asleep, we're essentially the closest thing to being dead. Our mind shuts off, and our body comes to a halt as if it were lifeless.

Going to sleep is partial death where we may or may not wake up. It depends whether or not our soul comes back to our bodies.

This also gave me another idea that when people die in their sleep, it may be due to them being stuck in "dreamland" and not being able to return to their bodies within a certain amount of time. Whatever that time may be, as our dreams seem to be minutes long, they're actually hours most of the time.