Dreams are a very weird thing to me. I’ve always thought that they’re fascinating, really weird, and difficult to understand all at once. Why is it that some nights I don’t remember my dreams at all, some nights it’s basically a replay of my day, and some nights it’s some absurd storyline that leaves me questioning what the heck is going on in my head. The weird ones are really the ones that get me though. It’s crazy to me that my mind can formulate entire stories with images, dialogue and people I do and don’t know while I’m sleeping, but I would struggle to be that creative while I’m awake.

But even more of a focal point for my dreams isn’t the fun ones, the happy ones, or the weird ones. No, for me, I most vividly remember the nightmares. Everyone had nightmares as a little kid, and particularly terrifying ones might have left you running to the safety of your parent’s covers. I feel like a lot of people have fewer and fewer as they get older, but I don’t think my nightmares really stopped until after I got into college. Honestly, it was probably all the stress.

Anyone that knew me in high school and still does now knows that I used to be a very stressed out person. Thank goodness that is behind me, but, as is the case for everyone, stressful days and even weeks pop up every once in a while. And when they come, the nightmares follow. Personally, I can’t say I’m a fan of waking up in a cold sweat or genuinely afraid, but apparently this is not the case with all of my peers. At least, this seems evident by the girl I heard in the HUB who, after a brief discussion about how she could never remember her dreams, added:

“I don’t have any of the really good, like, nightmare dreams anymore.”

Now I’m not sure how many of you really enjoy your nightmares, but I think it’s safe to say that our nightmare-less friend is one of few who wishes she could be afraid by her own mind more often. I can’t honestly say I’ve ever heard anyone wish for nightmares before, but I guess if you like the thrill of them(?) you might want more.

If she wants some advice on how to induce nightmares, I’d point her in the direction of the movies Coraline or Edward Scissorhands. Now at first you might think these are not the most nightmare-prone movies, but boy oh boy would you be wrong. Yes, ghosts, zombies, possession, all are scary things. But you have not been truly afraid until you watch Johnny Depp with literal blades in place of his fingers try and assimilate into human life. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t work! People get hurt, Johnny Depp goes crazy (as if a man with scissors for hands wasn’t already) and each moment is worse than the next! Do not be fooled when people say you will sleep fine after you have watched it! And don’t even get me started on Coraline. Any movie where a child is in an alternate universe where they want her to SEW BUTTONS ON HER EYES is enough for me to give it a big old nope!

Anyway, back to my friend in the HUB, I hope she gets her wish. It isn’t often that I find myself hoping someone has nightmares, but hey, who am I to hope she has sweet dreams every night!