I don’t know about you, but every time I think of the concept and ideology behind ‘sleeping’, it always manages to set my mind on a roll of questions and theories about what happens when we sleep. Well, of course except for the fact that it is supposedly the highest form of rest and replenishing for probably every creature known, trying to get past that phenomena is quite fascinating to say the least.
There aren’t any exact answers to most questions regarding sleep but it’s fun and worth looking into like, isn’t it just mind boggling that in order for us to sleep, we first need to pretend that we’re already asleep then, when we are already infact sleeping, it always seems like just a jiffy to us once we’ve woken up because there is no sense of time whilst being in whatever realm you have gotten into by sleeping, but in reality, it could take up a lot of time. One of the questions that arises when i think into the concept of sleeping is ‘are our dreams in slow motion?’.The dreams that we experience during sleep could draw out a whole bunch of questions and theories on its own; I honestly could talk about this all day but I’ll settle for writing this today. An example of a theory about dreams, regarding the unfamiliar faces that appear in our dreams are also quite interesting (though sometimes creepy) to ponder on whether it’s who or how did we manage to make up such a face we’ve never seen before? I think I’ve encountered a theory before answering that that such faces were faces of the ghosts staring at you while you’re sleeping- I know, you could probably make a horror movie out of that theory and don’t even get me started on the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
Countless what if’s also occupy my mind whenever I think of sleep but I’ll focus more on ‘What if there was never a concept of sleep? Think about it , what if we never had to sleep? I think everything, especially time, would get so messed up and life would just feel like one very long day without the great replenisher and intermission number to the next day which is… sleep.
Coping through writing 