Nightmares

Real life?

Everyone has nightmares, right? Well, mine have been occurring constantly ever since I can remember. These nightmares are so terrible that sometimes, I'm so terrified of sleep that I don't sleep for days, only surviving on high doses of coffee.

Tonight though, is different. I feel my nightmares are becoming even worse each night. But they are also feeling more real. Isn't that normal though? Nightmares feeling real?

I have been asking classmates if they have terrible nightmares as often as I do, or if they feel as real as mine. But, to my dismay, they have all answered with no to both of those questions.

I begin to question my sanity. I have an appointment with my doctor in a few days. Maybe I'll get some answers as to what is going on with me.

I had a nightmare last night where I was able to fight them off. What are​"them", you ask? They're demons, although these are far worse than anything you have the capacity to ever imagine.

To fight off a demon, specifically these ones, you have to chant the Latin phrase "Christo" and splash holy water on them(If you get that reference, I love you).

I have been able to manipulate my dreams and I start to wonder if they're really dreams. My life has been like a nightmare recently.

Maybe life is the real nightmare, not what I called "nightmares". But there will not be any way to tell what's real or what's not.

The times I do "sleep", I "sleep" for longer than what is considered normal. Last night, I slept for sixteen hours. And I expect it will continue to increase.

Not like it would matter in the "real world" how long I'd be "asleep". But I'm not sure how much more of this "nightmare" I can take.

The next week, my hour of "sleep" has gone up to twenty hours.

I have noticed that my hours have not changed in the next month.

I guess I will continue to fight these demons off until the day I die.

THE END
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Hope you have enjoyed this one. Once again, the writing prompt came from Tumblr.