so i have feelings for my best friend, and i often have romantic dreams about him… well my musharna has been taking my dreams and trying to broadcast them to him! i manage to stop her before he sees visions of us kissing, but this is so embarrassing. i know she means well and wants him to know how i feel so i can be happy, but how can i get her to understand i need to take this at my own pace?

Communication is key here, anonymous. It’s important to set boundaries with your musharna and make it clear that although you appreciate your help, you don’t feel comfortable with her sharing your most intimate thoughts with another person. It may help to visualize with the utmost clarity what you think would happen if your best friend were to see these visions so she can see your viewpoint in terms she understands.

Additionally, consider confiding in your musharna more often. She may be attempting to make herself “useful” by connecting you to your best friend, but if you give her another purpose, such as talking to her about your feelings whenever you can, she may feel less inclined to act on her own in order to make you happy.

Best of luck, anonymous!

My musharna seems to only eat my good dreams and leave me only remembering the bad :( what can I do to get my good dreams back?

Ensuring that you don’t go to bed while she’s hungry generally tends to be the best way to go. Try filling her kibble bowl just before you go to sleep at night so she has a food source handy. Likewise, consider setting up a bed for her outside your room and locking your door at night to discourage her from eating your dreams.

Alternatively, if you want her to eat your dreams (and, admittedly, this is a good way to supplement her diet), employ a bit of aromatherapy, meditate for at least a half an hour before you go to bed, and try to sleep as relaxed as possible in order to foster good dreams. Keep a dream journal as well to help exercise your subconscious and allow you to dream vividly. The better you get at dreaming (by placing yourself in a relaxed state before sleeping and by chronicling the dreams you can remember), the more you’ll produce good dreams, to the point where you’ll be left with something after your musharna has eaten her fill. Additionally, try to train yourself to daydream during the day to give her something to snack on.

If all else fails, I’ve always felt that dreaming of particularly bizarre things not only encourages creativity but also makes psychics far less inclined to dive into your mindscape. For example, whenever I feel the unmistakable itch of my kadabra (or any psychic, really) attempting to invade my brain, I simply think of this video, and that usually discourages them. View it enough times, and you’ll train yourself to dream about it too.

Best of luck, anonymous!

Munna and Musharna

Munna
The Dream Eater Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 517
Entry: This small, rare tapir-like pokémon has the ability to manipulate dreams. Using its hypnotic powers, it lulls a target to sleep and then proceeds to consume their dreams. Insomniacs and those plagued by nightmares find munna especially useful. That having been said, it is also worth it to note that, contrary to current popular belief, munna is not a “drowzee’s sober first cousin.”

Musharna
The Drowsing Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 518
Entry: The evolved form of munna, by exposure to moon stone. Like its preevolved form, musharna use its hypnotic abilities to lull a target to sleep so that it may consume their dreams. Once consumed, these dreams are converted into dream smoke, which is expelled by the jewel on musharna’s forehead. This dream smoke has a tendency to change colors, depending on the dreams the host musharna had consumed, with the more vivid ones taking on bright, vibrant hues. Said dreams moke also has the tendency to produce psychotropic effects if deliberately inhaled by a human being … which, contrary to current popular belief, the author does not know from experience.