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I’m starting to question memory in dreams. In some of my more recent dreams, the feeling of being familiar with the dream happens. Does this mean that I really did dream about that dream before, or is it all part of the fantasy and illusions in dreams?
Recently, I’ve had dreams that I’m in a play or a musical back at my high school. I have to remember all my lines and dance routines and cues. Last night’s dream was the actual performance of the play, and I had such a hard time remembering all my lines and parts, but I was very familiar with them. There was a complicated costume change where I had to wear some sort of Roman soldier chest plate under my dress shirt so that I could make a critical change quick enough. I remembered rehearsing that part…or did I?
I’m really curious as to whether my dreams are picking up fragments of old dreams and I’m interpreting them as memories. Or maybe I’m just being fooled into thinking I’ve dreamed about it before. Broken down, it’s all just chemical and biological reactions.
I’m actually getting a little stressed out about it in my waking life, as well as my dream state. I’m worried that I’m not creating more unique dreams but I’m stuck on the same recycled concepts. I’m worried my dream memory is failing and my dreams will not be as fun as they used to. Maybe my dreams will wind up just being similar to the real life of an old man with Alzheimer’s. Am I there already?
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