Oh Jesus. That really sucks. I'm sorry.

Out of curiosity, and I hope my question isn't too intrusive, how do you tell the memories that are real from the memories that are fake?

That is true. It's kind of a defense mechanism.

And I guess I could do my best. Waiting, honestly, is the worst part. Acting like everything's fine even though your brain's at war with itself. But yeah, letting it flow naturally could work. I'm also going into neurofeedback in order to treat my OCD, and I'm trying to keep myself from having a breakdown. I nearly went into a psychward. I'm not having that experience again no matter what.

And hee -- honestly, if I had an abducted-by-aliens dream, I'd assume that I watched too many sci-fi or horror movies for the night or something. Or just file it away in my usual category of weird dreams.

And thanks. I hope you have good dreams too.