Nightmares Are Dreams
On the hard feelings — and the small, weirdly hopeful reminder that nightmares end the same way dreams do.
Some feelings are so heavy that the only way to carry them is to remember they’re going to lift. Not because you fixed them. Just because nothing — even nightmares — gets to keep you forever.
Feeling the feelings
We no longer wish to have
It can be like a nightmare
But just remember
Nightmares are dreams
All you have to do is wake up
Just.
Wake.
Up!
…how long have you been dreaming?
The cruel thing about being inside a hard feeling is how permanent it feels. The kind thing about waking up is how complete the reset is — you open your eyes and the thing that was eating you ten seconds ago has no jurisdiction anymore.
The hardest part isn’t getting out. It’s remembering that getting out is possible.
— JTC