Assignment #8 - Peter Marino

Fears - Family members dying Annoyances - fake people

Accomplishments - not a disappointment Confusions - people

Sorrows - time management Dreams - free time all the time

Idiosyncrasies - lucid dreams and sleep paralysis Risks - taking risks all the time

Beloved Possessions - pajamas Problems - underthinking

I don’t know about y’all but I be having some crazy dreams almost every night.
I don’t know what it is but something I do makes me have lucid dreams all the time.
It’s weird though because while I’m conscious, I don’t always have control over my
dreams. I realize that I am dreaming but I can’t do anything, and it’s a little scary. It’s
similar to when I have sleep paralysis. My family calls it Mazza Benedo or something
like that. In Italy, it’s called a pandafeche attack. On very rare occasions I experience
sleep paralysis when I wake up. It was more common when I was younger, but I still
get it sometimes. When it happens, I am in a state of pure fear. I am not entirely
conscious and my senses are dulled, but I can still see a little and understand what
is going on. I cannot move at all, which wouldn’t too terrible, but out of the corner of
my eye, I see these hallucinations that look like bats flying around me. They are the
scariest experiences I have ever had, and worse, my family members on my dad’s
side experienced the same things. It’s something that I hope people never have to
experience.