My take on a favorite Creepypasta meme
The mind is capable of ingenious self-deception in times of crisis. For instance, victims who had been kidnapped and tortured sometimes report that, during the incisions and injections, they retreated into a fantasy world from which they could not wake up. In this catatonic state, the victim went about life as usual, safe at home, without the tormentor grinding toes off, without his detaching and resewing their lips. They had no nightmare to wake up from.
The danger is dying without ever waking up. The only way that they realized they were almost out of time, that they had to wake up was a note they found in their fantasy world. These are always random placed. Sometimes it's a Post-it on the desk, sometimes a phrase in a book, sometimes appearing in an online forum. The message would always tell them to wake up. Even then, it would often take months until they were ready to discard their fantasy world and please wake up now. He's coming oh God WAKE UP ple
The danger is dying without ever waking up. The only way that they realized they were almost out of time, that they had to wake up was a note they found in their fantasy world. These are always random placed. Sometimes it's a Post-it on the desk, sometimes a phrase in a book, sometimes appearing in an online forum. The message would always tell them to wake up. Even then, it would often take months until they were ready to discard their fantasy world and please wake up now. He's coming oh God WAKE UP ple