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After Slumber

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anxiety dreams drugs fantasy insomnia mentaldisorder mentalhealth nightmares panicattacks pharmacist romance scifi-fantasy scifiction sleep suicide thriller

"Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? I've traveled the world and seven seas, everybody's looking for something," - Eurythmics

Struggling with insomnia, Roe dreams of the same places and people when he finally falls asleep. Awake, he is a pharmacist who constantly battles with anxiety and unexplained panic attacks rendering him incapacitated. 

As he is contemplating suicide, he meets the girl of his dreams - literally. Who is she, and why has he been dreaming about her for as long as he can remember? Will she help him win the war against his disease or will she be the death of him instead? Most importantly... did he dream her into reality?

**Disclaimer: This story deals with triggering subjects such as mental health, suicide, sexual assault, and violence. 

Copyright © cardboardcherry™ 2019 - 2023All Rights Reserved

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≠ // {HYYH} by Ajtequilla8

Seven strangers start meeting in their dreams, where they find the comfort that their daily lives lacked. They start looking for each other, hoping to experience that comfort while they're awake. But they quickly learn, upon meeting, that life had not been kind, and it was not going to let them have what they'd been seeking. !! TRIGGER WARNING !! Please read the tags since the fanfic does include some heavy and sensitive topics that might be triggering to some people. You have been warned, please proceed at your own risk. > Cross-posted from AO3 <

Shattered Illusions by awanderingghostt

A young woman who was suicidal since a long time finally once attempted it but saved by the CEO of Chase Industries ltd. Though little did he know, he was walking into the unchartered territory of hallucinations and other past traumas. Would their love be her reincarnation or his own destruction? Or will he finally make his peace with his own traumas? Follow the heart touching story of the two lovers battling mental health issues as they seek companionship in each other. ______________________________________________________ "Don't worry princess... You're not alone. No matter how many ghosts may come and haunt you; I'll still fight them all to come hold you even in the afterlife. You're my everything - the beginning, the end and the in-between!" ________________________________________________________ Depression, mention of suicide and mental trauma is basically the foundation of this book. Please be careful of the trigger warnings. Wish you the best though! :) This story contains: Sexual content Violence Rape and abuse Depression Suicidal attempts But more importantly, lots of love! * Awareness for mental health issues is must. * "There is hope, even if your brain tells you there isn't." ~John Green

A Little Bit Of Joy | ✔ by wigglysubu

[Featured by wattpad romance, teen fiction, young adult and psychologicalnovel] Joy Jones was a seventeen-year-old kind and optimistic girl working in her grandpa's flower shop, but she had a secret. She was suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and wanted nothing, but to die peacefully. That was until Logan Kellerman, a young man with suicidal tendencies came storming into her life and stole roses from her grandpa's flower shop. Instead of running away with what he came for, he found himself falling deeper and deeper into her as she made his heart skip in delight, for she was, in her own words, a little bit of Joy. * * * from some of my readers of this book, thanks❤- ❝I LOVE YOUR STORY OKAY. THIS STORY AND YOUR WRITING- IT GIVES ME HOPE YOU KNOW.❞ - aimawrites ❝This is so different than so many stereotypical stories on here and i'm so glad i read it.❞ -lepus_leporis ❝They're both so poetic and beautiful and perfect for each other. GAHHhh I love them.❞ - alycecaswell ❝The way she vividly describes the world makes me so happy. Heat keeps rushing to my cheeks in pure euphoric joy. This book is making me so grateful for everything around me and I never want it to end.❞ - nylammeeyn [highest rank: 7 in sad] [cover by soulanatomy]

outcast || dreamnotfound || by ReinWasTakenWasTaken

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𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔘𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔄 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 | ♛ by LabyrinthFan

**COMPLETED** Eva's been thrust into a dream world that is just as perfect as it sounds. She's found a better life in her imagination, but will it stick? ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= And then, once I have taken in the room before me, I remember. I remember everything from my dream the night before. And I don't know whether to scream or cry or beam in elation... Because for some reason, I have woken up in my dream world instead of the drudgery of reality. How would life be if your imagination could tear the fabric of history and change reality itself? ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= THE FIRST TEN PARTS OF THE 'DREAM' NOVELLA COPYRIGHTED BY WATTPAD USER @LABYRINTHFAN PART TWO - ONCE UPON A CURSE - COMING SOON

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Quinn's Life by NBP990

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≠ // {HYYH}

Seven strangers start meeting in their dreams, where they find the comfort that their daily lives lacked. They start looking for each other, hoping to experience that comfort while they're awake. But they quickly learn, upon meeting, that life had not been kind, and it was not going to let them have what they'd been seeking. !! TRIGGER WARNING !! Please read the tags since the fanfic does include some heavy and sensitive topics that might be triggering to some people. You have been warned, please proceed at your own risk. > Cross-posted from AO3 <