If we think of dreams as the ultimate currency in life, we should want to avoid anything that prevents them from happening.
I’m at least somewhat convinced that
for reasons I may not be able to fully explain right now but hopefully will someday.
What about prazosin, the drug that stops you from dreaming? Surely there are people with PTSD nightmares who do not wish to take prazosin, on account of wanting to dream even if the dreams are scary. Or maybe it’s fine to not have dreams like that, and every person with PTSD should take prazosin. But the medically-induced repression of the subconscious (or whatever force is trying to find voice through dreams) seems dangerous. I don’t know.
Where was I going with this? I guess that doesn’t matter. We can go whichever way we want now. This is a new moment, is it not? Ahhh, that meditation feeling. It hits like a pepto bismol. Sorry for referencing big pharma.
Today I sat down with a man who had attempted to overdose on xanax. I talked to him for an hour or so about why he did it and stuff like that. It would be nice if people could have conversations like that in everyday life. It would be good to listen to your loved one and find out why they actually hit rock bottom, so you could find compassion despite any judgments you have about how they live.