Ever feel not yourself?
Of course.
Or you have a bad dream. You wake up and feel terrible. The “you” in the dream is disturbing. “Who was that?”
Here’s a suggestion, other than just waiting for the for the fog to clear (which might take the whole night and you don’t get your sleep): Go immediately (at least in your mind) to something you have made: a poem, a sketch, a workbench, oatmeal cookies baked earlier in the day, your child/ren sleeping in their bed. Then ask, “Who made that?”
That’s—at least something of—who you are.
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Better after Bad Dream, an instrumental
YouTube:
https://youtu.be/iptmsLjmvB0?si=qcMEgMZZOfMtOFo2
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ppRQyflrrAvi3p5vD3WCI?si=qJMK9muQQBe0Cjla4jO_SQ&utm_source=copy-link