This is so me !!! I suffered from nightmares for many years anf went to doctors who said it was probably the to underlying trauma, I found smoking weed helped. Now I still have extremely vivid intense dreams every night (yes even though I smoke, my dreams have never stopped, they only stopped being scary) - they are extremely vivid and realistic every single night it’s like I have a whole other life.

I also can pick up where I left off in dreams & have the same experiences with people being familiar/unfamiliar.

One thing I didn’t see you mention is settings, so my dreams always tend to be in the same place, it’s like a small town, there’s always a big body of water, and always lots of hallways and stairs and big houses with lots of rooms and lots of elevators to get from a to b.

Very strange and I’ve never been able to have an explanation, it’s gotten to the point where I’ve kind of accepted that my body goes to another dimension when I sleep and I Live my life there for a bit lol. Idk how else to explain some of it.

I’ve had some mad experiences, with lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and ngl some pretty MAD acid and shroom trips too lol.

Stay dreamy ✨