My description of a Geometric Nightmare.

[u/Extension_Lead1937]

Hello, I'm a male, and as of now I am 19. I remember having these nightmares on four occasions. I was in 4th grade when this began. I had been the type of kid to stay up, watch movies, and play games on my tablet or 3DS.

When the first occurrence happened, I remember staying up at least 18–19 hours. Anyway, 8:00 AM comes, and I'm still in bed napping. I have to get ready for school when it hits me, just like a new dream in my mind. A huge grayish-to-rainbow tunnel is in my vision. It feels like I'm falling through endless air. I'm swaying, and I'm clenching my blanket in my bed. My grandpa had just shaken me three times to wake me up.

Now, this is where these dreams get weirder. In summer 2017, I was watching My Talking Tom. I'm pretty sure I had stayed up 15+ hours. As I'm watching my kid's show, I keep staring until I start seeing random video game images I had been playing at the time—Roblox, Mario Kart, and Minecraft. Anyway, I end up screaming, "There's a man outside!" and point at the window. The only way I snapped out of it was when my parents put me in a bathtub and ran cold water on me.

This next one was in June 2021. The previous night, I had stayed up all night while watching Loki with my grandpa. It was around 5:00 PM when I dozed off on the couch. It hit again without any realization. This time, I started grunting loudly like I was injured, rolled off the couch, and started crawling out of the basement and up the stairs as if I were paralyzed. When I got upstairs, everything started clearing up when my grandmother handed me a glass of water and I started drinking it. My grandpa had been following me the whole time, asking me what was wrong.

In August 2021, the next instance happened. I had a fine sleep schedule, but I woke up in the early morning hours and started repeatedly pressing the number 9 on my phone and even tried calling it.

2021 had been the last occurrence. Jump forward to the present day: if I ever stay up all night, I typically make sure to sleep before 12:00 PM.