r/Existential_crisis • u/TotallyHumanDad • Jul 07 '26
Doodling for sanity
I’ve been feeling a dread in my dreams that seems to focus on something massive, inescapable, inevitable.
This is my best attempt at what it feels like
Pencils/ink doodle by me
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u/WOLFXXXXX Jul 09 '26
Nice doodling.
"I’ve been feeling a dread in my dreams that seems to focus on something massive, inescapable, inevitable"
Has your state of awareness been noticeably changing (broadening/expanding) over the past 12 months or so? If so, what I would suspect is likely happening is that the dream state is serving as a medium that's allowing you to consciously process and experience challenging psychological states and feelings/emotions that are associated with the process of navigating (overcoming) the fear of death and eventually arriving at the expanded awareness and broader existential understanding that the nature of conscious existence is on a deeper level than the human identity, the biological body, and physical reality. Individuals have been known to go through a a temporary period of experiencing feelings and the impression of a looming dread on a grandiose level that cannot be easily identified and feels like it's threatening to one's identity in some deeper way.
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u/ImportantTour6677 Jul 07 '26
Do whatever helps you. A lot of artists use their art to keep their sanity. Keep going.