And I'm haunted by the freakish size of Nancy Reagan's head

[sovay]

And last night I dreamed I was forced to take a drug designed to destroy my higher brain function. It changed my ability to concentrate. It removed my ability to see patterns. It forced me to read one word at a time. And there now, people said, don't you feel better? Isn't that much easier? I saw someone else who had received the same treatment, a mathematician who had been a split-second calculator, shrugging and saying with a glazed grin, The numbers just weren't that important. People patted me on the back and told me how much nicer I was now. I was encouraged to make myself useful. That wasn't a good dream.

Comments

[choco_frosh]

That wasn't a good dream.

No; that sounds frickin' terrifying.
Shit. I am sorry life is so full of bobcat for you right now.

[thistleingrey]

ohhh, ugh.

[genarti]

Good god, what a viscerally horrifying dream.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That is a dreadful, dreadful nightmare.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Yuck. In somewhat similar vein, I've just read this passage from Second Form at Malory Towers:

"I'll never draw anyone again!" said Belinda dismally.
"Oh yes you will!" said Miss Linnie. "But you'll probably draw kinder pictures in future. Don't be too clever, Belinda - it always lands you in trouble sooner or later."

I would have thrown it across the room, but it's a library copy.

[gwynnega]

That sounds terrifying.

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

People patted me on the back and told me how much nicer I was now.

You are PERFECTLY NICE ALREADY.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

What an awful nightmare. *sends virtual tea, hugs, and reassuring stuffed animal of your choice*

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

That is an utterly horrific dream. Open the window and chase it out. Then curl up (if you can) with the cats, some tea, and a book.

*hugs*

Nine

[chomiji]

... God, how terrifying!

*huggles you*

[ethelmay.livejournal.com]

" 'Heed no nightly noises! For nothing passes door and window here save moonlight and starlight and the wind off the hill-top.' ... A little breath of sweet air moved the curtain. He breathed deep and fell asleep again."

[aphrabehn.livejournal.com]

Awful dream. Reminds me of Vonnegut.

[sovay]

Reminds me of Vonnegut.

Yes. Harrison Bergeron, eat your heart out.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

I wish I had a more eloquent reaction to that dream, if only to prove to myself in this moment that it hasn't happened. This has given me cognitive hypochondria. I need to go do some math.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

What a horrifying dream. It gives me the same shivers I got when I learned that Vivian Leigh had had a voluntary lobotomy. *bleargh*

*chases the dream down to the river to drown it*

[hermitgeecko.livejournal.com]

YiiiiiiiiiBAD DREAM.

When I first moved to Boston, I had brain damage dreams where (among other things) I suddenly lost the ability to read. Not good. Not good at all.

I am sorry you dreamed this.

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

...none of these dreams are good dreams and wow they need to stop.