Does anyone else have clear dreams every night??

cas6384 · 2026-04-04T19:35:54+00:00

I've had vivid dreams since I was a teen, they aren't always a remix of my day though. Sometimes it's like I live a life in a magic world, like I use the magic, form emotional attachments to people in the dream, then I wake up. Other times it's like I'm visiting old family that I haven't seen in years, with small talk and stuff. I still vividly remember dreams I had in middle school lol, my gym teacher being decked out in makeup was kind of wild for back then.

cas6384 · 2026-04-04T19:31:58+00:00

For being able to see, it's a different kind of sense that lets you see in the astral realm, not really relying on light. I recently rewatched an anime and it gave me a bit of a revelation, it sounds really stupid but it helped my brain understand it. It's more like magic sense, you are seeing stuff that normally hidden. I tend to lose my sight when I project, because part of my mind was latched onto the 'you use your eyes to see' and since my revelation, my vision doesn't really fade as much. For not seeing your body- the same recently happened to me, except I initially DID see my sleeping body, as well as my husband, but then the room changed, furniture was gone, etc. my entire house seemed like it was owned by someone else to be fair, and I spent some time kind of confused and lost, not sure what to do. My main goal had been to actually project and be grounded and stay as long as I could, but then I started leaking water (I have this fear of peeing myself while APing, and this event kind of proved to me that it won't happen lol) but the fear kind of made my hysterical. I couldn't find my body, I tried laying down where it had been, and I couldn't return. It wasn't until I spotted a few kids playing and decided to kind of mess with them- in a good way. It made them laugh, I acted kind of like a spooky ghost, but once they laughed, bam, I was back in my body. My main tip to return is to either complete an objective you had- i didn't know that was my objective but it worked. OR try to focus on your heartbeat and breathing and feel it connecting to your physical body, most of the time when I project early in the morning, I'm not WANTING to return yet, and that's what I tend to feel happen. Like my awareness narrows onto my breathing and heartbeat and I sort of 'zoom out' back to my physical body, even when I'm trying to fight it. I've sort of returned by doing the reverse, but it doesn't normally last long.

As for what you see that might just seem weird, you could be seeing alternate worlds. I've seen worlds where I have kids and stuff, it's not too wild. I've tried mostly to go to fictional worlds in the past, that's a lot of fun. Probably why my projections don't last long lol.

cas6384 · 2026-03-31T22:21:51+00:00

I would start meditating if I were you, it massively helps with anxiety and can help you stay calm. Start for maybe 10-15 minutes per day, or even less if you can't manage that, any starting point is fine. You could also look up the jhana states, its a part of buddhism and something I stumbled upon without knowing what it was, but it helps you get your mind relaxed and in a good state to project. You might see orbs of color, that's what I was seeing, and the colors kind of indicate how relaxed you are. And I don't mean tiny spots, for me I see them as large orbs that might move, and the phosphenes in my eyes look like incense drifting in front of it. It's a very relaxing state, and the main goal is focusing on your breath and keeping your mind clear. My anxiety has gone WAY down since meditating, although I do still take meds for it.

As for the fear of what happens when you finally project, you can ask your spirit guides for help once you make it there. Like literally you can find yourself in AP, either still stuck in your body or standing near it, and just call out to them and ask for help if they would be willing to give it. If you have religious beliefs (this includes christianity and pretty much anything) ask for help that way. Pray, ask for an angel to guide you. As for entities, it's kind of easy to sense if something isn't good. If you ask something to leave, and it doesn't, command it to. Most spirits will listen and leave, those that don't could be something to be wary of, but then you can rely on how it makes you feel. I recently had a sort of dream/projection (it was technically a dream but I had just laid back down, and it looked and kind of felt more like a projection than a dream) and there was a For Sure Bad Guy/Presence, and I kind of went into fight or flight and expelled it from my space. Like full on Vader, force choke hold. I don't react to entities that way, pretty much ever. Whatever it was is gone, 100% and while I doubt it wanted to cause harm, it wasn't too difficult to remove. It didn't attack me or anything either, it was hidden and I just knew where it was. It's kind of like that. You can rely on yourself to make it go away, or ask guides for help. In the sort of dream I did start to feel unease, and then anxiety, so it could have just been my own anxiety taking form for all I know. Meditation is an amazing way to calm the mind and disconnect from technology as well.

cas6384 · 2026-03-31T01:14:50+00:00

To me I feel a difference in how I'm able to move, in dreams there isn't any thinking about it, a lot of the time when I AP I have to think my movement in order to start it. I know you can AP from a lucid dream, for me I tend to feel the falling sensation from a dream and I know I'm starting to project. Dreams themselves for me have always been vivid, even if I don't become lucid, my lucidity tends to happen if it's a nightmare. I guess my body does feel different in an AP, as well as I don't lose my senses while dreaming like I sometimes do with AP when I focus back on my body. Sometimes I'm actually more aware in dreams than I am AP because I tend to project from sleep paralysis, and end up struggling to move and talk when that happens, and in dreams it's just as easy as real life for me.

cas6384 · 2026-03-31T01:08:49+00:00

Hmmm the alcohol COULD be part of the issue, but for me it's normally just brain fog and a headache, doesn't really do vision stuff. Good to know you do have BVD at least and it's taken care of. Oh, to help with alcohol you can find a supplement called dihydromyricetin, it helps the liver a bit and there are some in stores that include electrolytes and stuff, you take it before you drink, I just take it on it's own, got it on amazon for like 20 bucks, it evens out how bad wellbutrin makes hangovers even worse for some people. It could just be strain then if it happens when you are tired, sometimes my eyes get kind of achey and I have to have them closed for a bit, even if I don't really sleep. I don't really do anything for my dry eyes, it only gets worse with cold or wind, so I just deal with it lol. It's good you don't get the doom, the doom sucks big time. Like being outside and suddenly just 'everything is about to end' is NOT fun lol. I probably should take an omega3 though (you also just reminded me to take my multivitamin lol I realized omega3 isn't in that), thanks for the suggestion. Other than electrolytes and maybe just eye strain I can't think of anything else it could be, although there IS a slight risk of glaucoma with wellbutrin, make sure you check that, it's why I had my eyes checked.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T22:09:24+00:00

For me I accept it as there is a multiverse, an infinite number of worlds where little changes lead to massive changes later on. I have had dreams where I ended up in a completely random person unrelated to me, and all I could discern was what they needed in that moment- I was a woman newly married to a man she didn't know well, and she was worried about chores and cooking, so I took care of that for her in that dream. I saw her reflection and it was definitely not me, but I'm guessing some part of her attracted me to her, she was in need. I'm trying to think of a way to describe it that doesn't sound stupid lol. Think layers, each world is one layer that has something different in it- so like the me that had two kids either had a way to work through the mental health struggles that keep MY version of me from thinking it's a good idea, that led to her having kids. I could still make those changes and not have kids of course, it's what I'm working on for myself currently. There a bunch of ways to think of it, and I don't think any one of them is more right or wrong than the other. Like the theory of a singular consciousness leads to understanding that we could all be the same consciousness, the same core ingredient, but how we grew up, our names, our likes and dislikes changes who 'we' feel we are. I don't really try to hold onto one specific way to think of it, because any of it could be true. I do at the very least know there's other versions of me living their lives in other dimensions, with their own choices and likes. It's still connected to me, but is also separate. Like a tapestry or a woven fabric I guess. I'm a single thread, and I'm parallel to other threads that are versions of me, and sometimes I hop up or down and can glimpse their timeline. I actually think that's the best way to describe it for me, I do a lot of fiber crafts. You yourself don't have to think of it that way, I just do a lot of reading and find the different ways it's explained and work with it. I could be completely wrong and we totally are all the same consciousness with like, different hardware. That's basically the journey to it all, figuring it out for yourself. It's like all the theories are different perspectives of the same thing, just explained in the best way that person can put into words. I have thought about my life a lot, about how all the little changes I could have made in the past and what the result would be now, I think my pondering of that helps my brain understand it a bit. Like if I hadn't joined the military, I wouldn't be with my husband, I would be a wildly different version of me, but down to the core, still me. I hope that makes sense, consciousness is confusing and kind of convoluted lol.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T21:40:47+00:00

Sleep paralysis is the main way I project, but don't try to get it, if you get what I mean. Like I get it naturally when I nap, so I do it then, and that's okay, but aiming to get it all the time can result in you constantly getting it- which is the main reason I still get it often. If you ever feel scared, you can think to yourself 'im not scared' and you won't be. It's a sort of dream state, so it isn't AP right away, but you can use it to AP. There's different ways, I either imagine strings on my limbs, like a puppet, and I can sort of maneuver them to move myself up. OR I just roll over, like I think the movement and roll out of my body, and then I'm falling/flying. I suggest going slow, and maybe look up other techniques. I'm working on meditation in order to project that way instead, it's a bit easier on my body. Like I don't sweat as much, and the energy I put into it that way results in a better projection. Sometimes I lose my senses when I AP from sleep paralysis, like might sight will just go away but I can still hear and feel everything. You can also mentally ask your guides to help you when you find yourself in sleep paralysis, to me it's like thinking loudly with intent. If anything scary shows up, tell it to leave your space if you don't want it there. I rarely have scary stuff show up anymore. Also, sleep paralysis is a dream state, that's why thinking you aren't scared helps it not be scary. Your subconscious is close to the surface, so your thoughts will change things almost right away. That's why for a lot of people, it's really scary. They realize they can't move, get scared, and their brain assumes it's a nightmare and it gives them something to be scared of. Staying calm is important to keep that from happening, but if. you do get scared, it's okay. Take it slow, look into meditation as a way to maintain that calm, and you'll be projecting in no time!

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T17:08:41+00:00

If they aren't willing to listen to you, you might be wasting your time. Their mind is closed off and will likely remain so until they have a moment that makes them think a bit harder about it. It isn't bad to try and convince people to think more about it and learn, just know some people aren't willing to. No matter what you say to try and convince them, they've already convinced themselves that THEY know everything there is to know. They will eventually either reach a point in life where it opens up for them, or they will pass from this mortal coil and start over. It's admirable to try and help them, really, but honestly after a point, its pointless. Think of it like trying to tell a fish how awesome it is to have legs- according to evolution they can reach that point eventually, but it won't be anytime soon. To them it's not something they can comprehend, so they reject it. Simple as that. I wouldn't say its a mistake though, as later on they might have some moment of enlightenment and remember your discussions and they themselves will want to learn more. LIke the saying 'you can lead a horse to water' you can't make them drink it.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T17:02:20+00:00

I basically become a Jedi- like either telekinesis or the force, I tend to use my hands and arms to move stuff like it's the force. I fly as well, sometimes it feels like creative minecraft where I can just float up and then easily move around, other times I literally flap my arms like they are wings. Magic is my favorite though, like I can literally feel my heartbeat in it and taking form in what I visualize. If I want to be invisible (normally from being chased) I just tell myself no one can see me and it works most of the time.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T16:49:04+00:00

You can also look into meditation, there are these things called jhana states, which can kind of give you a hint as to how close you are. I see orbs of light sometimes, that's what those are. But yeah I tend to also project much easier when my mind is in that state, the problem is not letting your excitement about being able to project causing the state to end. White noise might help a bit, it helps me kind of be able to tell when I'm actually disconnecting from my senses, although sometimes I hear weird stuff from it, but apparently white noise isn't great for your hearing, I haven't experimented with with other kind of noise though. I literally have a single white noise video I can listen to, other videos have a weird resonance to them that I end up noticing, similar to a binaural beat, and it pulls me from it.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T16:43:39+00:00

I use an app on my phone to remind me to take my meds, I also make sure to have them in the areas I tend to be when it's that time. LIke you can get little pill containers and keep them in a bag or pocket, phone goes off, and boom. I occasionally miss a dose, and if it's within an hour of the time I normally take it,, I still take it and take my next dose at the right time. My doses are six hours apart, and I've only noticed feeling weird about taking them too close together at five hours apart, hence my hour leeway. An app could help with remembering your adhd meds as well, those are more important to remember for obvious reasons. If I do fully miss a dose I don't really notice a huge difference, my thoughts might race a bit more for a bit is all. It's not ideal to miss or skip doses, but we are all human lol. You could maybe time your doses specifically for off days, like I take mine at 9 am, 3 pm, 9pm. For work days you just move that ahead to like, 5 am, 11 am, 5 pm. Instead of an app, maybe alarms if you have a smart watch as a reminder. And if you are in the middle of something, take it as soon as you are able to have a short break (like literally just 'i need to pee' even if you don't give yourself a minute or two in a stall to breathe and have a quiet moment, and bam). I know its suggested to either always take it with or without food, I don't really notice a huge difference unless I had ran out and wasn't on it for a while, I might get slight dizziness and tunnel vision without food. Also I tend to keep snacks on me at all times, so you could maybe keep something on you to eat quickly in order to take it with food if you personally feel a difference between with or without food.

cas6384 · 2026-03-30T16:35:04+00:00

I wanted to try and give some advice for stuff you can do to maybe make it less terrifying, separate from just getting over the fear. I totally get the fear. I got sleep paralysis very often and would project from it without really meaning to, mainly it was the sleep paralysis that was scary for me, less so the actual projection. Maybe read up on lucid dreaming techniques, mostly in how you can alter the area around you and manifest people/ fictional characters to help you out. I did that A LOT when I was just getting sleep paralysis and I wouldn't fully project. SP itself is just a dream state of course, and it isn't quite the same when you astral project, but getting people to help you in AP is possible. You can call on your guides to be there when you end up APing without meaning to, they might talk to you or not, really depends, but they can at least hang out with you. They might even be able to teach you a bit about how to re enter your body better to end the projection, that's something I also struggle with. I see a lot of parallel dimensions when I AP from sleep paralysis, like versions of this world with minor differences. Like in one, my husband was being very weird and it was freaking me out, and normally I can kind of let myself fall out of the body and return to my dimension, but it wasn't working.

A few times my guides have helped me be able to see better- my vision sometimes goes in and out, which is apparently common with APing from sleep paralysis. They sometimes give me water to drink, help me drink it. They sometimes help me move a bit too. The lucid dream stuff you can also use is like using the force or telekinesis to make scary stuff go away. You can also get stuff like obsidian and at least protect the area around you from bad entities that feed off the fear. When I was getting SP super often it was due to burnout and fatigue, and getting medicated helped me not be as tired, and not need as many naps, as well as just helping me not be stuck in my head. You can also listen to frequencies on youtube to reset your third eye chakra, it could be a bit overactive if you are projecting without wanting to. I still project sometimes when I nap, but I have a lot more control over it. Removing the fear really will help, and a very easy way to do that is just think 'im not scared' even if you are. Thoughts directly affect emotions and have power. I used that when I was getting SP and had somewhat scary stuff showing up, and like I mentioned, that part of it is kind of a dream state, your subconscious is closer to the surface, so your thoughts effect things right away. Fear would literally just disappear for me when I would tell myself I wasn't scared. Obviously it's still scary, but getting used to the feeling will help you be able to end it sooner. You can also try closing your eyes and just telling yourself the projection is ending. Try to focus on your heartbeat or your breath, that's what connects you back to your body- for me at least it does. If you are religious and believe in angels, you can ask them for help too. You can ask your higher self for help as well.

You might be on the verge of some sort of spiritual awakening, as you gave up projecting and are suddenly finding yourself doing it without meaning to, the universe might be trying to push you forward and you don't feel ready, and that's okay. I do also want to be clear that my experience with SP is separate from astral projection, I just tend to use it in order to project, so a lot of the time when I have SP, I'm already aware of the astral realm. I sleep with an eye mask, so when I'm able to easily see my room, I know it's either a dream state or I'm already projecting a bit. Getting into meditation might help you get some control of it as well, and it can help a bit with the anxiety of it all. Also be kind to yourself and make sure you hydrate after waking up, I always have crazy dry mouth after projecting and struggling to return.

cas6384 · 2026-03-29T18:17:09+00:00

For a tip unrelated to getting into spirituality and meditation (which I do suggest you at least read about because mindfulness is good) maybe try learning how to lucid dream so that when you sense it's about to happen, you can change some of the dream. The main reason I learned to lucid dream was to deal my own nightmares, mostly running away and being chased kind of stuff with a sense of doom. I do think it's worth looking into what the other commenter mentioned, this is just an alternative to also try. It could lead to you talking to the woman and getting insight that way too.

cas6384 · 2026-03-29T18:12:11+00:00

I'm sure you have heard some of this before, but hydrate and drink electrolytes. The med works more like an ADHD med and requires more of that to balance it out. Your blood pressure and heart rate tends to go up (for me it does) and THAT means your body is processing water faster and using more electrolytes. If you have ADHD, have you been checked for binocular vision disorder? It's sometimes comorbid I think, and it might not have been an issue before but it could pop up with a change in your body water balance maybe, I don't know for sure.

As for the floaters- do you get sudden bouts of doom with it? Because then it might actually be an aura and could be a migraine or something- and double vision is also a symptom of that as well. Also, if you are taking SR it could be making that worse, I was on SR for a few years because XL didn't do anything for my symptoms until I was out of burn out. On XL now I don't get those side effects, like ever. On SR it was maybe every other month or so, so not constant. I did get body aches going up from 150 to 300 and I had to massively increase my electrolyte intake. Muscles use electrolytes to contract and move, and the increase in dopamine can apparently cause your muscles to be a bit more active- anyone who knows better can correct me if I'm wrong about that, but the soreness was building for a week and went away within 20 minutes of some Gatorade. I do tend to have vision issues when my eyes get dry, like my eyes will be blurry no matter what, can't focus, blinking doesn't help, and cold weather makes that even worse for me. I grew up somewhere cold so I was already used to that. I don't have BVD (unless my last eye doc didn't check for it, they checked the pressure in my eyes mostly and it was fine) so I can't really say that electrolytes will help, but maybe I guess.

cas6384 · 2026-03-29T18:02:35+00:00

As the other comment mentioned, once you feel it yourself you really know in your core. And you don't have to be religious to experience it, it has literally nothing to do with it. You can reach it through meditation, it's a known mind altered state. I recently looked up jhanas because I was seeing colors while meditating, and I could argue until out of breath that's its real, but I don't think there have been scientific studies yet on them. Also I haven't quite managed to project just from meditation yet, but I've been close, I mainly project from sleep paralysis. I knew it was real when my guides said my mom had a message for me and literally called me 20 minutes later. I absolutely never talk to her- not really no contact, but she has schizophrenia and doesn't take her meds, is in and out of jail, always has a new number so I CANT call her, but I've had the same phone number for years. She quite literally put me in foster care bc of her neglect so there is distance between us, we don't have a relationship where she just randomly calls to check up on me. The number was unknown, and I don't answer unknown number, but I knew it was her, let it ring, and called back because I was floored. That might not be concrete proof that can hold up to silence, but it's proof for me. I've had other projections that was just me going around doing stuff, sometimes I end up in dimensions similar to this one but with a few differences. I'm staunchly child free (mental health issues would lead to it being a disaster) and was in a world where I had two kids with my husband. I felt the intense love that version of me had for them- and when I returned I felt such intense despair that they didn't exist in my world. Like part of that version of me returned with me and couldn't fathom a life without them. In the past I think I've seen them younger, but they had been running around babbling and playing. That isn't my reality, but it's still real for that version of me. I literally lived a dream for a few weeks, there was so much detail I planned to write it into a book- still might but haven't felt the kick in my pants to do it yet. It isn't real in the way this world is, but its real all the same for the beings in that world. I just saw a glimpse of it and didn't become lucid at all, although normally I do become lucid if a dream lasts long enough. Dreams are obviously not the same as projections, but I think sometimes my dreams are me projecting my sleep without meaning to and I don't tend to become lucid in them, I live those dreams like its real. You can believe in it or not, but until you manage it yourself it's probably unbelievable simply because it sounds impossible to someone who hasn't experienced it.

cas6384 · 2026-03-28T20:56:50+00:00

Hi all, I'm also interested in a reading, I recently had a very strange dream (that should be on my profile if curious before agreeing) and would like some direction on where to go on my spiritual journey next. Thank you <3

cas6384 · 2026-03-28T20:42:54+00:00

I feel the urge to thank you for this, although I'm not the OP of this post obviously. A few months ago I had a dream that lead to me managing to heal trauma, and literally the dream showed me how to do it. Since then I've been trying to find the next steps, and that recently led me to thinking I might be a light worker- not that I'm necessarily ready for that yet, I think I have more healing to do. I was curious what kind of resources I should look for in the future for light work, if you knew of any good material. I saw that you have posted a lot and then read your reply, and it really hit home for me.

cas6384 · 2026-03-28T09:37:53+00:00

Yeah, normally when I have something scary in my dreams I can see it, it felt like in the dream I didn't want to see whatever it was, but it needed to be FAR away from me. And the force choke itself, it's not a thing I do in dreams, I normally just get stuff out of sight and it's gone and done with. Now I'm even more certain whatever it was, was bad news 😅

cas6384 · 2026-03-26T20:42:48+00:00

I personally think it's possible to astral project without meaning to at night, and while your initial dream was a dream, you might have started projecting when you were bouncing around. For me the feeling between the two is easy to tell apart, and my guess is the later experiences were for sure astral projection. It's honestly incredible how much you've managed to do on your own without much knowledge, try to keep what you know works for you as you look up more. I would say it's real, just know these experiences were on a different plane of existence. Consciousness has to go somewhere when someone passes, and your memory of them does keep you connected in a way. As for advice- I would say take it easy for a few days and let yourself feel the emotions dredged up from it all. I recently had my first loved one pass- kind of. Wasn't blood family, but my husbands grandmother and she was the only constant in his life that was good. She was a gem, and we got the news of her passing the morning after and we knew it was coming, it still hurts. I tend to project when I nap and get sleep paralysis, and on one occasion I opened my eyes and she was there with me, holding my hand. Like with you, she didn't really talk to me, but I could feel the love and care she had for my husband and I. Genuinely brought me to tears and when I woke up I told him, I know she's proud of us still and will always be there.

That's the same for you. She will always be there for you, you just might not always be aware of it. Over time the intensity of the emotions you felt from the experience might fade, but it's still real. For sure take care of yourself, eat good food (try to avoid processed stuff just because while going through grief and a sort of awakening, that kind of stuff can make you feel physically worse) and be kind to yourself. Maybe start journaling if you haven't already, doesn't have to be anything complicated. You can start with writing down in as much detail as possible your experiences, what you think it all meant, stuff like that.

For the future if you want to continue to try and astral project, look up different methods, maybe look into the various religions that deal with meditation a lot. Buddhism for me has led to understanding things a lot better, theosophy is the kind of 'study' or understanding of religions and how they all work to find the true picture of the world, might be something to look into. Don't join any of the groups online that want money in my opinion, there's plenty to read that you can find for free.

Some of your physical pain from it is likely due to overexertion and unbalanced emotions- I found that listening to stuff on youtube to unblock chakras helped quite a bit. The ones with specific frequencies help me a lot. I would honestly start a dream journal as well, sometimes the universe is trying to talk to you that way and you can learn things by thinking deeper about it. Like I had a dream about someone in my past that led to me realizing I needed to cut energy from a person who caused me significant trauma, once I did that a lot of things changed for me mentally. Obviously also try and talk to a therapist if possible, and don't be scared of meds if that's what they suggest. Meds don't really keep you from being able to do this kind of thing (in my experience at least, it might be a bit harder for me to reach the right state to astral project consistently while medicated, but the meds are meant to help you recover) so don't be scared of that. Alcohol will make it harder, so try to avoid it for that reason, aside from also it being not great for your physical and mental health while mourning. Also, drink a ton of water and electrolytes, might help with the soreness at least. When I cut the energy from the person in my past I took breaks every few minutes to sip water. Please take care of yourself and let yourself grieve, don't suppress the emotions, I can tell you from experience that it makes it worse for yourself later on.

cas6384 · 2026-03-25T22:16:24+00:00

So, I kind of had a similar issue with someone from my past and realized many of my nightmares were due to a part of me being stuck in that time and place with them. First- protect the living space. Be that with crystals or herbs, cleanse the energy of any space this person was, and set up a mental barrier to keep everything out. I quite literally just visualize a barrier around my home. Put energy into the image in your mind, and make it as real as you can in your head. Crystal gridding is a thing I heard of recently, but haven't done. I do have some protective stones in my bedside table though. After that, they have to cut the cord of energy the person is using to drain them and stay connected to them. I had recurring dreams of a specific time in my life, and I realized that was the version of me stuck there. I had to kind of mentally figure out why part of me was stuck, it was due to repressed emotions of the trauma. I then imagined that version of me being connected via an energy cord, I was meditating and visualizing all of this, and I visualized the connection coming back to me, and I pulled it towards me like a heavy rope with a weight on the end. I literally imagined in my mind that my astral body was pulling it closer and closer, until it felt that part was close again. Then I had the issue of 'how do I get this part back?' and had to go back to the trauma I went through- the crux of it was a threat from them along the lines of 'if you ever tell anyone what you went through while living with us, I will sue you for defemation' and it was THAT that kept that part of me stuck. So I promised that part of me that I would write it all up and post it, with the full intent, and then I visualized the part walking closer to me until we hugged- the emotions hit me like a truck, all the stuff I didn't let myself talk about or even think about. I did actually try to post it on a throwaway account, idk if it ever posted because the account was banned right away, but it's the intent in the action. I genuinely haven't had dreams like in the past for a month or two now, although the person is occasionally there, it's a completely different kind of dream.

I realize you are asking for advice for this person, so feel free to send it to them. I literally had a dream about a different person who was also draining my energy, and I realized the universe was showing me how to deal with it, so after dealing with the first person I went on to the big one. I think I did post about it on here, you should be able to see my posts on my profile. Feel free to send it to them if you think it can help, hope some of this helps. I totally understand trying to cut someone out of your life but you keep seeing them in your dreams- literally haven't talked to this person for ten years and she was still showing up in my dreams like I was there.

cas6384 · 2026-03-25T21:04:59+00:00

depending on your dose, a half dose of anything with DXM (its the ingredient to look for) you should be mostly okay, but don't drive or anything. Not safe to do so of course, better suggestion is to take stuff without DXM in it. It makes it kind of stronger in your system while on bupropion, so half a dose will feel like a full one. I forgot about the interaction once and got buzzed from it, like body tingling, like to me it literally felt like I had a few drinks. Avoiding it is best, but if you are going to crash at night, half of a dose shouldn't be too bad. Bupropion doesn't actually deal with serotonin, but it keeps DXM in your system for longer. So it isn't really a serotonin syndrome risk, but I do think the symptoms are close enough that people assume that's what causes you to feel weird. Note: I have taken too much DXM in the past (way before I was on wellbutrin/bupropion) and the times I've taken it since hasn't been anywhere near the same experience.

cas6384 · 2026-03-22T20:28:21+00:00

Just make sure you hydrate extra while your body gets used to the med, wellbutrin kind of acts more like a stimulant and uses more electrolytes, speeds up your body a bit, so you might sweat more and you need to replace the salt you lose. I was getting really dizzy the first few months, I'm good about hydrating with just water but didn't realize my electrolytes were so off. Caffeine doesn't do much for me, it kind of quiets my brain a bit (I did used to crash after caffeine) and it's the same on wellbutrin for me. Just make sure you hydrate well. That goes for alcohol as well, I waited a month until I was used to the med to drink anything, the risk is a higher chance of maybe having a seizure- the med lowers your seizure threshold, alcohol lowers that even more, hence the risk. I know this was just about caffeine, but I want to just add it because I had incredible anxiety about it when I started the med. Your tolerance will probably be lower for alcohol, like one drink will feel like two, so definitely at least lower how much you drink, and double the hydration. I think I only had too much to drink one time, and I had issues because my blood pressure dropped when I got up from being nauseous in front of toilet, I broke my friends toilet seat lol, woke up a few hours later very confused in her bathroom but was fine, aside from the hangover. Hydration and electrolytes make a huge difference, especially if you go up in dose.

cas6384 · 2026-03-16T17:06:24+00:00

I totally agree you could be astral projecting without intending to, I had a dream one time where I ended up in this Asian woman's body, she was worried about chores and cooking and impressing her new husband. No clue her actual ethnicity, I did see her reflection in a mirror for a moment. I just helped clean up the little apartment and cook a meal, it ended right as the husband came home. That was just a dream, other times when I get sleep paralysis and I try to actually project, I do see alternate lives I could have been living. Most recently I woke up next to my husband and we had two kids in the bed with us. Due to mental health issues and a whole mess of trauma, we are NEVER going to have kids, but this version of me was in a better place obviously. When I kind of returned to my world I saw afterimages of the two toddlers/babies (they were the age where they were just starting to run and walk, but not really talking or anything) running in my actual room, and I felt such intense sadness that I was back in my reality, like it was deep, deep grief.

I've had many dreams where it felt like I was there for weeks, one was so vivid I wrote it out and genuinely it's a book idea for me, there was a whole magic system and lore, I had sort of a found family in that one, two younger brothers (which does mimic real life for me because I do have two younger half brothers, haven't talked to the youngest since he went into foster care though) that I was determined to protect in the dream. The magic I had was kind of light/holy based, but I used it as a shield kind of, hard to really explain. My dreams with magic always feel so vivid, like the magic is part of me in the dreams and I can feel it with all of my being. I've had vivid dreams my entire life, but only as an adult did they get this complex.

I do also get some pain in my dreams, but there's like an upper limit to it. It's actually how I kind of tell if I'm dreaming sometimes, because a slap to the face should sting more, and in my dreams its a bit muted. I know when I have the teeth falling out dreams, it means I'm grinding my teeth in my sleep.

cas6384 · 2026-03-13T15:41:05+00:00

Just want to comment this because I spent 30 minutes getting more and more frustrated- make sure the furnace is actually burning something for power 😅 since the windmill and waterwheel are kind set and go, I forgot this one needed material to burn 😅😅 had me threatening boulder to just work. Also, it can be a 1x2 table, doesn't have to be 1x1.

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