I can't sleep...I wake up all the time on and off and "play movies in my head"...I use it now for my creativity...but, the awake-nightmares are still there..I do like to work late at night because of the quiet.....awake-nightmares are often "recall", quite common in recovering folk...or shame, or just nightmares while I am awake.. hence the "scary" looking hand..but I never awake-dream of "horror characters" it's all very real....