"I dream that I'm in a cage or shackles... And I don't even have control of myself in the dream... I just sit there, doing nothing. Like I have completely lost my free will..."
*Mortar sighs a little*
I know how that feels, that was pretty much my soul when Garuud stole it. Wait, we're going off topic. How long has this been going on?
Oh... I think I know what's going on. William is making this happen to you to make you feel hopeless and therefore bend you to his will. It's cruel, but I gotta admit very ingenious, I've used a similar tactic in the good old days to get prisoners to turn themselves in or kill themselves.