[WP] This is not a writing prompt, I am trying to wake you up. Please wake up.

Recently there have been an uptick of people telling me to wake up on the internet, embedding itself in a variety of forms, seems a bit ridiculous, but they have increased in frequency. Baader Meinhof syndrome, symptom, something like that? Phenomenon maybe?

Well, whatever it is, I'm convinced it is a hoax, now sure, it could be true, but the internet is known for their hoaxes, and people go to pretty absurd length to make practical jokes online. Anyway, if I've gone into some form of deep sleep, surely there must be a reason for it, and I would have woken up by now, if there was a reality outside of this one. This is reality, right?

I don't know what my life could be, but I'm here, and those images suggest some pretty insane things about "reality" - It told me my wife was a video game character, from a really old games console, how am I suppose to believe that?

Surely I would remember my other life, if I had one? What choice do I have, the revelation that my current life is just a false memory would be shattering, could I ever trust anything again?

Whatever the truth is, I'm not sure if I want to know, so why should I wake up?

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