Issue 6: Escaping reality

It is story time, and I see it best to get a little bit personal. So please, grab some tea and have a seat.

Once in a while an escape from daily life, or reality as it is called, is necessary. One must leave the outer workings of society and go to a place that is deemed unhealthy. The place that makes humans scared and forces them to build facilities just to trap those who don't want to return. A place that all humans functioning in a society, a community, fear. The one place that the host human fears itself. The inner workings of the brain.

The brain is a magnificent organ. Processing electric paths to make a being function and is also possibly the house of the soul. Somewhere in that  three pounds of grey matter lies a switch that scientist calls the subconscious. The subconscious learns with the conscious about morals and starts to project positive thoughts. However we learn slowly that dark humor is the only humor the brain knows. It is called the darkness of the void. Sometimes when humans stare into space they unlock the first door to this void. It is called day dreaming. An alternate reality where things appear normal but do not follow the normal construct the host is used to. When humans get to night dreaming, that is when the subconscious voice speaks louder, as if in a whisper trying to influence the dream. It serves as warning on what is to come. REM dreams, or dreams that occur during REM sleep is the closest humans can get to this darkness, before it fully consumes them. It is said that if a person can not back away from the influence of their brain, that they kill themselves. However this is all speculation done by a few psychologist over time. Whether or not humans can escape reality completely without dying, is solely up to the the three pounds of grey matter humans cherish so deeply.