What am I more concerned about: sleep deprivation or dream deprivation? Are both interlinked? Am I always short of the necessary quota of sleep hours before I can enter REM phase for dreaming? I sleep like the dead... I fall instantaneously unconscious, each strand of my eyelashes tied down by tiny anchors, blindfolded against my will. When I wake, I'm not buoyed by dreams and gently eased into reality. Instead, I'm jerked into being like a diver who's shed his weights and fighting against shooting straight for the surface.