do you feel it protects you from outside influences or is it more about telling your subconscious or whatever to chill out overnight?

well it's intentionally about outside influences, but who knows what it actually does. i made it up not specifically about dreams, but because I'm evil enough without outside help

i had a period of time where i was sort of losing my mind and i suspect some pests got in

I think this can happen unfortunately

i think its more common than people know

My problem with dreams is that my brain unloads a lot of anxiety there so things can get pretty fucked up, but it’s all linked to my own psychology and insecurities. I should try something but don’t know what