I wish this was smth I only read in a dream... sounds like days and days of severe pain.
And every so often, I get a reply stating of yet more pain. Like contacting a friend with a terminal illness, knowing any day could be their last and they are going thru difficult times.
I don't know what to think, whether the person survives or not, both are unfortunate outcomes... survival and facing defeat... and not surviving and yet another person lost.
An ideal outcome was for us to all wake up and be like "what on earth did I dream of"... and even the person suffering wakes to find themselves in some nice, peaceful place, in this life or the next.