Dreameaters

I've got this theory, that these things are just like Venus Fly-traps. Or parasites posing as symbiotic organisms, while in truth only preying on humans. Luring them in with the promise of warmth, the concept of comfort and rest, only to ensnare them in the end. Feeding off their dreams through the course of the night (after all, that has to be the reason why I don't remember mine. If not, what else?). With its own analogue of digestive enzymes - mites consuming abraded epidermis. Fortunately one can free oneself from these things. Albeit it takes a herculean effort and works for a short time only. They seem to have some kind of grip on the mind. Altering the perception as to appear as harmless and ordinary. After all, the problem isn't really the waking up part, it's always the getting out of bed part.