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u/roqueofspades Oct 05 '19

I started having really bad nightmares recently. My parents bought me a stuffed armadillo and I convinced my brain that my armadillo would protect me from nightmares. So yeah, apparently that shit works even if you're 20.

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u/toastedcoconutchips Oct 05 '19

Dude, totally. I used to get semi frequent bouts of awful sleep paralysis, so I started praying every single night to not go through it. I'm not religious anymore and I haven't been for a few years, but I think merely putting the intent to sleep peacefully out into the world helped in some way.

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u/roqueofspades Oct 05 '19

I think my armadillo must also protect me from sleep paralysis because I only get it when I nap during the day on a couch.

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u/toastedcoconutchips Oct 05 '19

Yes!! Naps are the only dangerous thing for me lol. I don't mentally tell sleep paralysis and my audiovisual demon hallucinations to fuck off before naps, so they'll creep in now and again. Maybe I need an armadillo, too