I should have told him about the dream I’d walked in last week, the one where he was back there, sitting in a doctor’s office, waiting, waiting, waiting, so filled with dread and hopelessness that they were almost physically manifested Dream Things. I was trapped in that dream with him, so scared to have the doctor come in, scared he never would, filled with a terrible anticipation of what was next and also the deep certainty that the AM couldn’t help. I should have told him that I tried everything—for what felt like hours—to change his dream, bring him to Fenway or to one of the spy novels he loves so much, but I couldn’t. There was a fog around every part of his dream, around every part of him, and I couldn’t get a solid hold on anything.

But I didn’t say any of that to him. So I guess I’ll be going back to the AM.

Ralphy said I’d be back. Guess I should have listened.

community/TheUnusuals post by n/thatsahumanperson

I’ve been trying to take n/tacotacotaco’s advice and actually talk to my sister but literally all she is doing is sleeping. Granted, we’ve all kind of been running around to get ready for the holidays and I’m in a crunch for my current work project (I think I, fingers crossed, FINALLY have this remote freelancer thing worked out), but I think she’s sleeping for practically days at a time, only waking up to eat and have water. I don’t even know how she can handle it physically—she’s always been a pretty active person, she loves Rollerblading and cooking and was even starting to get into yoga this past summer, and now she’s spending most of her hours every day catatonic in her bed.

Does anyone know of any dreamdivers that have had this problem? What the hell do I do?

tacotacotaco

You know, a lot of people do the program a few times—there’s no shame in your sister returning to That Place to get additional help. All that sleeping definitely … does not sound healthy.

thatsahumanperson

Yeah, I know. She only did two weeks there—I did a lot more and I don’t think I would have come out the other side with nearly as much control as I did if I had only done two weeks. I think I need to talk to my parents.

franklinsteinsmonster

So there are, like, levels and stuff? A bunch of different ways you can do a program?

tacotacotaco

Yep, there are literally “tiers.” Each tier is for different intensity of ability or stage of control—the higher the tier number, the more rigorous the program.

thatsahumanperson