It isn't that I've fallen asleep and the intro to the dream is this effect…it's very bizarre, and I kept encountering it last night. It occurs in the same place, and I can even trigger it if I try, but it is always so intense and jarring that I simply open my eyes and am back in my bedroom, and the effect is gone. When I become more relaxed, disconnect, and, I don't know, my eyes start to drift upward into my head and my mind begins turning off, there is a spot I can fall into where all of a sudden there are bright flashing orange lights filling my entire vision. It will be all black, as I lie with eyes closed, and I am in there, knowing my eyes are closed. When I am lying in the dark, actively trying to fall asleep, there is this tiny space I can fall into that I am only now beginning to be able to even describe. This keeps me from sleep, but it's internal. Probably from watching too much Toy Story as a kid Also I can't help but see dolls as good, like they loom out for ya. I swear it wasn't intentional but I sleep like Madotsuki now.
You have to find the stuffed animal that is shaped right for your body to sleep properly! Over the last year, I have gone from sleeping flat with the covers to my neck like a normal person, to curled up in a ball (with pikachu) in the center of my bed with the covers over my head.
He's too big to bring when I travel though, so I make due with a panda who's legs perfectly hug my forearm and fits well against my side. It is such a comfy Pikachu, I'd highly recommend everyone in this thread acquire one. I've been using a giant stuffed Pikachu for the last few years, it's so amazing~ It's about as big as my head and torso put together, I usually sleep on my side with my head on Pikachu's face and arms around it's tummy.
I need one under my arm to be comfortable, preferably something large and squishy-soft. >752 I forgot the number one thing I need after a fan I can't sleep without a stuffed animal.