Epic Dream: The End of Dreaming

[@KingPeezy14]

I remember watching these videos while playing Black Ops 3, that’s so crazy. I vividly remember being on Evac on the side of the building where there’s the big window room, listening to you talk about a dream with vampires. Those were the good days 😭

[@gatlin1320]

Vampires: “Do you want to be strong like us?” Driftor: “yes”

[@egeoktay5157]

Stop camping

[@Project_EG2]

Real OG subscribers remember Drift0r the demon slayer, the vampire series and racism in the south

[@juulfiend2103]

I was there, 3000 years ago…

[@callofdutyfreak10123]

Racism in the south was a banger

[@spinosauruskin]

Vampire Drift0r was a whole vibe. I remember listening to that staying up late one night. Need to listen to them again

[@YoungDolan]

What a send off. I love every single story you did and have a playlist that I listen to them rather frequently. May this finale lead to peaceful nights from here on out

[@abstract1052]

I can't imagine myself having dreams like this for 15 straight years, you're too strong drift0r, Stay that way.

[@Drift0r]

Try thirty five years

[@samneibauer4241]

I'm a long-time viewer/listener just throwing my thoughts into the pile of similar comments here. You've been my main role model in life since I was 14 (back when BO2 was the newest CoD game), especially with your philisophical commentaries, and your epic dreams were so very captivating. For the last ten years, I've watched you and your videos evolve through life and adapt to new games and life situations. It always amazed me how intense, long, detailed, vibrant, and poetically horrifying your dreams were. I'm someone who has never had a lucid dream and can barely remember even five seconds of one dream a night, if I'm lucky. I'd be lying if I said I never was at least a little jealous of your ability to dream and remember it so well. Knowing now what the cause of this (dis)ability was, I'd never wish it on another human being or myself. You are truly the stongest, most well-traveled soul I've heard of, and as a person who has been so influential on the way I understand the world, it brings me great joy and satisfaction to hear that you have very likely gotten such poetic closure to your nights of torture. I wish you a long life and sweet dreams, Drift0r!

[@Red-ks8fk]

I remember finding your channel through Dr1ft0r's Madness and enjoying your commentary, epic dreams, and ghost stories. They'll always be my favorite videos on the channel. It's wild to see it end after all these years.If it does continue hopefully it's in a fun way. Time really flies by

[@WhoLetTheDogOut]

I loved this series drift0r! I had a dream similar. Have you heard of "this man"? Before I saw the creepy pasta, I had at least 2 dreams of him without even have heard of him before. No joke! When I first saw that picture I was legit shaken up😂. Would you like to hear?

[@allgameswiixboxps319]

I remember this one. It's interesting that people will still say they've seen this man even way after it's been debunked.

[@Drift0r]

I haven't heard of this. Can you dm me a link to the "this man" story via discord. I should have open dms on

[@Yaboyiso]

This will forever be one of my favorite series there is. I always loved your storys as well

[@Yaboyiso]

The ghost storys have to be some of my favorites, the one with the drums in the woods put lil me to sleep many nights ❤

[@thomasheart1337]

I really can’t believe it has been that long. It feels like yesterday I was in high school watching you tell your bizarre stories. for the first time I can genuinely say that I am glad that one of my beloved series is coming to an end. I wish you all the best and much health.

[@Evan_Floyd]

My favorite of these was the world of darkness vampire story from so many years ago

[@Drift0r]

Glad you liked it :)

[@Sir_Porridge]

Mine too that one went so hard

[@Gnuch1414]

Drift0r this is the first time you’ve ever broken down Jung and your dream problem in detail, and I think you could really explain it for 30-60 minutes a deep dive and your history etc, you should make a commentary on it so we can be informed , we’ve all been wondering for years

[@dhamaalhd1430]

Perfect video for Halloween, I usually run through your old scary stories and dream videos on Halloween, and during the 15 years of watching you always hoped you would end up beating your disease and winning in the end. I never really know why but I always had genuine prayers and was always rooting for you. You made the right decision in the end and I truly hope you live a happy and amazing life ahead.

[@Drift0r]

It's nice to know that someone was rooting for me.

[@DLBBALL]

Being only a casual viewer of your channel, I never knew about your other dream videos, but wow, what a captivating storyteller you are. I only just now noticed that the video was 32 minutes long, after finishing it and starting to write this comment. "Mr. Shadow" seemingly orchestrating your horrific nightmares, then begging you to not get treatment really does make it seem like your dreams were being invaded by something sentient/supernatural. Kinda like the entity from the Smile movies. How terrifying, yet fascinating, that mindless diseases can have such influence on our psyche, despite having no intelligence of their own. Like inducing nightmares in your case, or like rabies causing hydrophobia. Or how some fungi can mind-control insects. You have some true fortitude to be able to withstand all these years of your disease assaulting your body - physically and mentally, in your waking hours and in your dreams. I don't know if I could bear something like that myself as long as you. I hope your health continues to improve, and that Mr. Shadow stays dead.

[@realmonologue]

Bro’s got an actual demon! Call a priest!!Always absolutely loved this series. Finally glad to see you got rid of Mr Shadow! A simple rejection can do a lot. It reminds me how a Vampire has to ask first before entering a house.

[@nightlordex709]

Some of the best stories I've ever heard have come from this series; "The Time Isn't Right" is still my personal favorite. It's unfortunate that it was all at the expense of your health, but I'm really glad it may be over for you

[@stelvak]

I don’t know if you remember this, but 12ish years ago, back when KZbin had DMs that anybody could slide into, I asked you if I could write a short story about you, inspired directly by your dream series. I remember being very surprised when you responded and said yes. I ended up writing a short story a few pages long, and maybe I sent it to you? But I can’t remember. In hindsight, my writing back then was awful, cringy edgelord stuff made by a high school freshman, but it also pushed me to keep writing creatively. I had been thinking about quitting, but your dream series kept me going, and I still write sometimes as a hobby. Never published anything, and idk if I will, but I still get the joy I want out of writing, and I still sometimes think about the creative reboot your dream series gave me.

[@sethmorgan5493]

WOW!! I've been watching Drift since the MW3 or black ops 2 days.. and the early epic dream videos have always some of my favorite content on this entire platform. I just tonight came back to the playlist to rewatch the old vids, never expected to see this. I am still subscribed, but I didn't get this in my feed. I still see the same sincere and entertaining man I started watching more than 10 years ago. Hope you're doing well, all the best to Drift0r and the family ! Keep up the work we love ☮

[@hacksawhill]

What a damn finale, man. I remember working in a local library, you were the absolute first person I subbed to on KZbin, and that video urged me to share you around as much as possible. Thank you for keeping it up all these years, truly.

[@AlIusive]

Been here for years and have to say this series has showed me a lot of things I never would have knew about but I remember playing black ops 2 and listening to you talk about your dreams over 10 years ago now. Man those were the good days.

[@coolbean6259]

This along with the ghost stories series were my favourite growing up. Great memories, but even greater to hear that you are on the mend. Stay safe, mate

[@Sir_Porridge]

absolutely criminal this doesnt get more views and love man... Youre a legend on the industry and a tremendous story teller.

[@HikikomoriZone]

I was just thinking about the epic dream series and decided to check back on the channel after a couple years…what a coincidence

[@samneibauer4241]

I listen to his vampire dream series nearly every Halloween. I was surprised to see this pop up yesterday, which was Halloween. It feels like a perfect coincidence.

[@NamelessFiver]

I truly hope you can find permanent peace from your dreams now, I did love listening to this series but I hated knowing that it was something that was impacting you negatively. I think you will get to go to paradise in your dreams, except they will come from you and not Mr. Shadow.

[@Drift0r]

Appreciate it man, I really hope so too. I still get dreams that are crazier, energetic, and on the spookier side of things,sometimes. But so far, none of this crazy messed up night terror type stuff

[@NamelessFiver]

@@Drift0r That's normal at least haha, here's hoping it stays that way. Wishing you the best in your recovery :)

[@miahokha]

I remember one of your old stories where you talked about seeing something contorting in the tree knots of a door in your childhood home; how it had kind of started coming true. You had mentioned how you would take what you’d seen to the grave before telling anyone details about it. i think about that a lot

[@IfthiAli]

No way. You probably don't remember me Drift but we played pubg on your discord together once. I used to love these videos man.

[@magicbookofhorror3564]

Please do a regular dream series. I definitely want to hear all your regular nice normal dreams maybe a mix of action and hero stuff and then mixing some non-action hero stuff as well maybe alternate here and there something like that. I definitely want to hear the good dreams sounds cool. Sometimes I share a weird funny dream with my friends or with my family. I definitely want to see a regular dream series sounds great and maybe it will be more content on the channel.

[@Drift0r]

It's certainly an idea I've considered, we'll see.

[@aidanw6766]

Drif0r, What an end to an era. I am so glad you can dream peacefully. I loved your epic dreams, a podcast is a great idea, but health is all we have. I am grateful you have found a treatment you look much better already! KZbin is a special place because of people like you.

[@swarm1392]

I was literally thinking about this series yesterday after a crazy dream. I’ve always had very vivid dreams like you, where I can control myself but nothing else. Thankfully mine are never really scary like yours were, even ones where I die are more thrilling than anything. I’m glad yours are more like mine now! As an aside, and please let me stress that I don’t want you to respond or even think about it if you don’t want to, and I’m almost thinking I shouldn’t ask this as I’m typing, as you seem to be in a much better place and I don’t want to throw you off, but maybe you can make more sense of this now - but in the ghost stories all those years ago you mentioned that closet door that shifted and said something to you that was greatly disturbing. I don’t even want to know what it said but I was wondering how you’re feeling about that today. Again, no pressured seriously, and I’m sorry to ask if it is uncomfortable.

[@Drift0r]

I'm feeling less bothered by my previous ghost stories, knowing now that a significant portion of them were probably influenced by these parasites have had for years. They are known to influence perception and sometimes cause hallucinations, so it's a lot easier for me to look back and be like, yeah, I was probably going threw some really tough stuff there and imagined it all.

[@swarm1392]

@ that’s good to hear. Having watched your channel for the past 13 years give or take (well over half my life and since elementary school) it’s great to see you in such a good place. Although the channel may not be as big as it once was you should know that us long timers really appreciate you having been consistent and interactive all these years

[@randymahan546]

I’m happy for you man, you did it! I’m so glad you can get a peaceful night’s sleep and FINALLY confronted your Jungian Shadow for (hopefully) the final time!

[@Sauce7287]

This was amazing. Thanks for sharing as always. Been around since the beginning. Very glad to hear you are progressing

[@djcshaw]

Ayo!!! Those were the wildest stories I've ever heard. What's crazy is that 6 years later when I was in college similar things started happening to me.

[@Drift0r]

You gotta get some therapy man!

[@trapwagon]

Holy crap I remember starting to watch these back in the day just to watch more BF3 content from you, I ended up becoming obsessed with this series

[@userabcdef6436]

The vampire one is of course most people's favorite but one that I think is pretty underrated is the "House of D" one. Anyway, thank you for sharing and glad you don't have to these types of dreams anymore.

[@Gnuch1414]

Drift0r , I’ve been wondering for years now if it was my imagination or it was real. Did you used to have an epic dream video about your wife’s wedding / wedding cake, something like that?

[@dylanshepherd3213]

Omg yes I've been waiting on this for forever, thank you driftor, we're just missing the b01 game play

[@Rainbowxo]

I still watch The Most Epic Dream annually around this time. Thank you for everything Drift0r!

[@notsocooldude7720]

I remember one video from way back, I think from around the BO1 or MW3 days, you mentioned something about some sort of demon that sort of materialized within the grain of wood on a wooden door or something, and he said something to you that really freaked you out and you said you’d probably never publicly say what it was. Was that Mr Shadow? Or something completely different?

[@Drift0r]

That was something completely different

[@Zeb1904]

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the video notification.

[@Barnsey3288]

This story reminded me a little of the movie ‘Drop Dead Fred’. When she starts taking meds, her imaginary friend starts to deteriorate but he’s in fact a part of her personality and in the end was able to merge together after facing her trauma. In this case though, those parasites certainly aren’t your personality to merge with.

[@brycekirk7296]

I got back and watch these once a year around Halloween. Crazy that’s it’s been as long as it has. Keep em coming Drift0r!!!

[@CajunCrusade]

I will never stop watching your videos man haven’t since I was 11 lol always loved your commentary, and I’m gonna keep watching

[@lucasbrucas9632]

well, i guess that's my queue to binge watcg the entire epic dream series! It has become almost an annual tradition at this point. that being said, i hope theres no video ever added to the series again, just for your mental sake.

[@basedgodmegladon8495]

Hey, Drift0r. I recall stumbling across your Epic Dream series over a decade ago and getting hooked. I don't mean to minimize your problem (I'm sure I would hate it if I was forced to deal with it), but I've always found both the problem itself and the stories it's produced to be fascinating. I've also seriously wondered if said stories could be turned into books and movies, though I suppose problems could arise from the fact that a lot of them seem to loosely based on real life premises and stories. I stopped gaming seriously back in 2019, but I've kept coming back to your channel because you're an interesting guy in general. Some of your commentaries back in the day on dealing with the consequences of volatile home environments helped me out, and I've enjoyed your political and social commentaries, even if I don't always fully agree. Cheers, Brad. I hope you get some much needed tranquility in the future.

[@C.Hash35]

Perfect video to listen to while grinding out some zombies Also I’m glad your surgery went well Drift

[@Turtle440]

Damn if this is the last episode this is truly the send off to my childhood. This was one of the first series I watched on KZbin.

[@jaimecoyomani2757]

OMG😱 I been longing for video like this for years❤❤❤

[@TurtleDrake789]

Thank you for this well-delivered and satisfying conclusion to you series! Even if it means a point of no return to this incredible anthology, we are happy you're on a route to recovery - physically, mentally, & spiritually - and possess the integrity to entirely reject Mr. Shadow's influence. I remember laying in the dark for many a night as i would fall asleep listening to your intricate (albeit spine-chilling) experiences and they lent me the will to combat my own demons. Living amonsgt black mold has a terrifying effect on your psyche as well. Happy Halloween, sweet dreams, good night, and don't let the ticks bite! (poor taste but perhaps you would appreciate the dark humor) 🥸

[@TheMightyFleming]

dude the vampire epic dream stories were the most interesting of them all, loved them, wish they had a proper finale not a cliffhanger

[@Zeb1904]

You gotta tell us if that demon on the wooden door’s prediction/destiny came true or not.

[@JustPokey]

Wow I thought I was crazy but this is so relatable to me. There is some entity that's a constant in my nightmares. I haven't gotten a name or even an idea of what she looks like, but I somehow know it's a "her" I won't comment a wall of text with all the lore of my own saga, but suffice to say, you're not alone.

[@JustPokey]

Mine didn't have as satisfying an ending as yours. Whenever I sensed her presence encroaching on a dream, a sense of absolute terror would seize me and I would begin trying to scream myself awake. But sometime in the last couple years I resolved that next time I sensed her, I would confront her and try not to wake up. Haven't heard from her since. Seems she doesn't want to give me that chance.

[@Drift0r]

Check out the works of Carl Gustav Jung

[@Ice-IX]

Remember watching the first epic dream series as they were uploaded, gonna be sad to not have more epic dream stories in the future but im happy that you probably won't have to go through these dreams anymore.

[@gedaliakoehler6992]

I used to fall asleep to these videos in high school like ten years ago :)

[@samuelclark8480]

Feels like an end to an era

[@saucedaddy6384]

bro i remember being in middle school watching this series

[@numbah_6]

I remember watching the first dream videos back in either middle school or high school. That might have been my intro to the channel. Was probably around 2012 if not a year or two earlier

[@Cluefan]

LETS GOOOO, I was thinking about the epic dream series yesterday while watching one of your vids. Love this series

[@ijfouse]

I'm happy for you. Hope things continue well.

[@user_breathless]

Terrifier got nothing on this

[@spaceowl5957]

Wow that is fasscinating. It's so weird that parasites can cause hyperviolent nightmares. It's very easy to find stories and articles about that on Google. Thanks a lot for sharing and sweet dreams :)

[@GrimXGenocide19]

I remember these from the halo reach and BO1 days. Damn what a throwback

[@Rydoge7]

If this isn’t a 🚩I don’t know what is. He’s finally finishing this series up and now some new medical issue is going to end your life. lol I love that we’ve finally seen an update to this. I love the vampire dream.

[@Drift0r]

Ty

[@AlfaWeeb]

Here is my trippy take before viewing the aftermath chapter: What if the parasite IS mister shadow? Just some trippy bro-science i cooked up. Good night boys❤ And happy Halloween 👻

[@spaceowl5957]

I mean if the parasites are in the brain and influence the hosts behavior it sorta makes sense that they 'take over' a part of the brain, and perhaps gain some intelligence or even consciousness as Drift0r said. It sounds crazy but I don't think it's that implausible. There are several brain parasites that influence the hosts behavior in quite complex ways. It's a fascinating topic. For example Toxoplasmosis is a brain parasite affecting 30% of humans alive and it's lifecycle depends on being inside a cat's gut. It's been shown that it makes infected rats lose their fear of cats and even have dopamine released in their brain when they smell cat pee. So perhaps 30% of people have a Mr. Cat Lover living inside their psyche which is actually the Toxoplasmosis parasite. Sounds a lot more pleasant than Mr. Shadow for sure.

[@Drift0r]

I was worried about that exact same thing

[@lukesodomin6711]

Dude i remember wacching these like 12+ years ago and i always come back every single year haha

[@pantsumonster]

I love you

[@Gamer1990100]

The world flooding dream is still prob the most epic one

[@AlecAstaire]

It would be interesting for you to write a story ending where you took the deal, and how eventually the dude would trick you. Also better to get him out of your consciousness for good though.

[@maliekfuller7138]

I like the sentient theory! Makes it sound a boss that got defeated in an anime

[@notsotragic5515]

Homie had a sit down with his demons.

[@callofdutyfreak10123]

I’ve been having these kinds of horrible dreams the past couple of years, it has to be something to do with depression or brain structure

[@MiamiMarkYT]

Babe wake up Drift0r dropped a new Epic Dream vid

[@KiansEgo]

i remember being a kid a decade ago listening to these, probably the reason why i’m studying clinical psychology today. imo it sounds like mr shadow was a personification of battling your alleged hypochondria. he was pleading for you to keep suffering in the real world so that he may keep his significance and those forms he took to convince you was you trying to convince yourself that you are a hypochondriac. but in the end you took control. anyway just my dumb armchair psychologists theory lol, glad you’re feeling better after all these years drift ✌️🖤

[@Drift0r]

I was really hoping to have hypochondriasis because that is much easier to treat than tickborne illnesses

[@blakkout86]

end of an era. onward and upward!

[@TheWHEATISHweet]

Hey Brad, have you ever considered creating a book of all the epic dreams? Been watching since Ghosts!

[@kanaloakowlon92]

Can’t believe DRIFT0R cancelled dreams. No more dreams guys we just gonna sleep and wake up.

[@notsocooldude7720]

This could be the plot of a horror movie. Wow

[@dudesnes]

I’d read it if you made this into a book

[@Volkovic7013]

Loved the vampire dream from years ago!

[@Gnuch1414]

About time we get a breakdown of the dreams

[@TheErikjsm]

i get its not the same, but i get the vibe that youre in to creepy/supernatural stuff in general. i would love it if you maybe delved in to those kind of topics every once in a while as a semi sort of replacement for this series

[@spaceowl5957]

Yeah I really hearing him tell stories about creepy stuff, I feel like he might be able to make great content more regularly with those skills.

[@JoeDavis-y2i]

Driftor, there are some medications like clonidine,MAOIs and others that reduce/eliminate REM sleep. Might be good to talk with your doctor about them.

[@Drift0r]

Thank you for the advice, but i'm not taking any medication that reduces rem

[@AlfaWeeb]

The perfect video for Halloween

[@zippydingding5558]

When your hard drive goes down because your brain is a living hard drive off switch it’s that fast

[@soccerandtrack10]

It sounds like its conconcuis,it knew about real life and tried to make you stop. But it did the nice dreams anyways when you took medicine,or the medicine hert it,so it couldn't hert you again.

[@SpectreSideQuests]

When you slipped into the monotone voice again I was like damn it’s 2011 again

[@louisgregoire3927]

I never thought I'd see the day

[@Timayy]

Can we get another update on the Babesia and what not. Curious how you are doing

[@Drift0r]

So far so good

[@thestoneage7213]

Drifter heard me thank you drift

[@louisgregoire3927]

Im happy you beat the shadow man

[@donaldslayer]

What is the clip at 1:39? Those shadows peaking out from behind the trees. I recognize it, but I don’t know from where

[@Gnuch1414]

Scaretheater

[@TheRealxKaydo]

I missed these videos so much 🥲

[@scythesagan3294]

Driftor, when you say you had these nightmares every night, you mean literally every night? I have nightmares often and theyre vivid and gruesome and awful too but its maybe every couple nights. I am wondering if its the same thing for me and how to fix it

[@jaketufford936]

I have had my own mr shadow nearly identical to hiw you describe.

[@ERGSunshine]

I think this means you unlocked Mr. Shadow as your Persona. Does your wife have any tarot cards?

[@austinmattson-laurent540]

27s since posted and I saw this!

[@nosrednak4348]

How did these last this long…

[@hamza-chaudhry]

Luckily I wasn't watching this series from the very beginning otherwise I'd be a lot more emotional the series is ending

[@gtcgtc5277]

i dream in colour

[@denzelnolet]

jinn messing with you. while you sleep, play ayatul kursi. the issue will go away in one week. might get worse before it gets better, but it means it's working. like a virus fighting for its life given antivirals. can help with your sickness too. peace

[@rainztk]

Are we sure this is the last MF release? Bouta drop some $$

[@Drift0r]

Only time will tell. It's certainly a problem that I hope to never have again

[@arianshahrokh1439]

Epic

[@JaredAbitt]

The End!