And here’s the existential nightmare fuel to end on—if reality is just electrical signals interpreted by our brains, then dreams are just another form of reality. Which begs the question—if you gain full control of your dreams, are you hacking existence itself? Or worse—what if your dreams are more real than waking life, and we’ve all just been liv... See more

Researchers tried to prove that cheese causes nightmares, because of course they did. And while the results weren’t 100% conclusive, it turns out foods that affect neurotransmitters impact dream vividness. Sugar makes dreams jump between topics wildly, caffeine can create hyper-detailed dream environments, and spicy food messes with body temperatur... See more

Sleep paralysis is one of the worst biological glitches. Your brain wakes up, but your body does not get the memo. If this has happened to you, congratulations, you’ve experienced some of the most surreal horror known to mankind. It’s not supernatural—no, those shadows in the corner aren’t demons, it’s just your brain tripping out—but does it feel ... See more

Nightmares often reinforce trauma, forcing someone to relive emotional distress. But lucid dreaming allows people to rewrite these dreams, turning them from panic-inducing chaos into something structured—kind of like an Inception -style dream intervention, where suddenly, you dictate the rules instead of getting dragged through the madness.

And here’s where things get even worse—some people report having entire lifetimes inside a dream, only to wake up and struggle to reconnect with reality. Imagine waking up and realizing the empire you built, the people you loved, the battles you fought, were all an illusion. If that’s not existential nightmare fuel, I don’t know what is.

Dream time refuses to make sense. Inception showed us layered dream time—where seconds in the real world stretch into hours inside dreams—and while Nolan made it look cinematic, science backs this up. Your brain isn’t following real-world physics, meaning time perception in dreams can be completely unhinged. Ever had a dream that lasted days, only ... See more

Reality checks are tiny subconscious hacks that let your brain recognize dream logic failures. Try counting your fingers—do you have the correct number? Look at a clock—does time behave normally? If something seems off, congratulations, you might be dreaming. The more often you do this while awake, the more likely your subconscious carries this hab... See more

Lucid dreaming is the closest thing we have to hacking reality. It’s basically Wrath deciding that instead of letting the world dictate his destiny, he’s going to rule it himself. Imagine waking up inside a dream and realizing, “Hold up—I can change this.” This doesn’t just happen randomly—you have to train for it.

Dream recall is tricky because, much like the Fore-Lesser deciding he doesn’t want to play fair, your brain actively works against you. The second you wake up, your hippocampus—responsible for storing long-term memories—basically goes full Rhage beast mode and bulldozes dream recall into oblivion. Keeping a dream journal is the only way to fight ba... See more