DMT Dreams Before Death

Text on the meme

Did you know? When a person dreams, it's caused by the brain releasing miniscule amounts of DMT. It causes time dilation which is why dreams can feel so long but only last a few minutes in real time. DMT is also released during the last moments of ones life but in much higher amounts; 2000 times more. Perhaps it really does feel like falling asleep... In an attempt to alleviate the trauma of the end fast approaching, your brain churns out happy” dream chemicals. Unfortunately, nightmares are dreams too. And because your mind is doped up, how long will those last few seconds feel to you? A year? A hundred? A perfectly tailored hell of your minds own creation upon the firing of a couple synapses. This is the damnation the ancients speak of and its right behind your eyes. They will roll backward and peer into wretched suffering for an eternity. A nightmare indistinguishable from reality, you could be living it right now and not know it.

What it means

The meme presents pseudo-scientific text about DMT being released during dreams and at the end of life, followed by a grim cosmic-horror interpretation. The punchline is that death may feel like an infinitely long nightmare created by the brain, turning a reassuring fact about dreams into existential dread. It is used as a dark reaction to thoughts about death, dreams, altered states, or terrifying philosophical realizations.

Objects

text panels / текстовые панели black-and-white illustration / чёрно-белая иллюстрация skull-like face / лицо, похожее на череп wide eyes / широко раскрытые глаза dark background / тёмный фон white lettering / белые буквы brain imagery / образ мозга horror imagery / образ ужасов abstract shapes / абстрактные формы close-up face / крупный план лица