I just had a really weird dream. One of those that you wake up and go back into the same dream later when you fall asleep again. I was me but surrounded by people I don’t know irl but I truly did in my dream. I was with a group of friends. One of them was going through a separation and we were helping him move out. The ex was there as well and we all knew her and the guy for years. She was a part of the friend group.
The thing that really fucked with me is these people that don’t exist were so real. It included inside jokes that I knew, back stories of how we met. Reminiscing of things we did together in the past. I remember pulling out my phone and shooting the shit with one of the guys showing old pics and videos of crazy shit we did in the past for instance.
There was also drama that I knew about in my dream and watched progress / unfold in front of me. Like a few of the closest people to the guy going through this were a no show.
Idk it was just fucking weird, like I was completely emersed in the situations, having unique conversations with these “friends”, the story progressed like the movers finally showing up. People coming and going. Me getting yelled at to get off my ass and start helping.
The whole thing was surreal and I think what made it weirder was that it wasn’t very eventful. Usually dreams are more interesting? Like it was just me, existing, doing something with this friend group that doesn’t get together very often anymore that I had known for years but literally don’t exist. Another weird thing is I wasn’t the main character. I was just helping a friend out that needed me.
Idk, the whole thing fucked with me. I have never had a dream so… Immersive based completely on people I don’t know?
I take these mushroom pills, don’t worry they’re food grade mushrooms. One of them is lions mane, and I take that one specifically to combat the brain fog from long COVID. The only issue I have is that it makes my dreams ridiculously vivid and realistic to the point where most of them are boring stuff like you are describing. I kinda hate taking them, but it is working so I’ll continue. I reduced the dosage to once a week but it’s still almost too much.
I have heard of taking mushrooms for various things. I’m into some supplements but not like, bio hacker level or anything. I heard you gotta watch out for toxicity in those mushroom capsules / powders and they can fuck with your brain in some people? I don’t know a ton about it so do your own research but it was enough info for me to never add them to my “stack”.
I did quite a bit of research before going with a capsule from a trusted source. The capsules have the same effect as consuming raw lion’s mane, just amplified, which is why I’ve gone to once a week. It is quite effective at combating the brain fog, but the intense dreams last for 2 days or so after taking one. This is definitely something I would encourage you to research on your own, do the due diligence before taking something like this, as it’s definitely mind-altering. In my particular case, for the good, but YMMV.