I have had numerous experiences throughout my life that have made me question reality. For this post, I am going to focus more on the more weird side to things, or at least the events that honestly kind of freaked me out.

To begin, I used to have what is known an ‘waking dreams’. This phenomenon typically occurs in the moments right before you fall asleep, or right as you are waking up. Basically, in these moments in which you are in between REM sleep and consciousness, your mind can sometimes project images into the real world. Typically, these ‘hallucinations’ only last a couple seconds but they appear as though they are actually in the real world with you.

That being said, I have had my fair share of this happening to me in the house I grew up in, and the last house we have lived. For some reason, my brain enjoys conjuring up bugs during this time. I am talking about spiders mainly. I have seen big ones crawling on the wall right by my head (since the bed has always been pushed up in the corner) and I have even seen a weird mechanical looking one on the bed, in between me and my husband. That one was honestly kind of humorous since I could have sworn there was a teeny tiny person riding it, saddle and all. It was crazy.

Every single occurrence of these bugs showing up, my eyes are glued to them, following their path of movement until they either disappear right in front of my eyes, or they somehow make it through the wall or under my pillow. Needless to say, when I gain full consciousness, I am frantically looking around for these things but they have always vanished without a trace.

I have also seen these black orbs floating about 4 feet off the ground in the same manner. My room may have been dark but they were noticeably darker, and they are always going in a straight line, as though something were walking. These ones freaked me out a bit more than the bugs due to their more sinister feel but once again, their appearance only lasts a few seconds.

Since we have been staying at Kolton’s grandma’s house, I have yet to experience another wakeful dream situation. Hopefully they are done because it truly scares me each and every time lol.