All bad things are exaggerated in the middle of the night. When you lie awake, you only think of bad things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
When we're awake, cortisol can fragment memories - one reason eyewitness crime scene accounts are so unreliable. But at night that very fragmentation allows creative recombinations of ideas.
I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.
The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake.
Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.
I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us.
I believe the last thing I read at night will likely manifest when I'm sleeping. You become what you think about the most.
Many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!
Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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