It’s probably for the best our dreams aren’t stored in long term memory. We would have a real hard time figuring out what parts of our pasts were real and what parts were dreams. Also imagine getting ptsd from some fucked up fever dream you’ve had.
i have this sometimes, either the memories are vivid a bit too long (and vaguely plausible, like your parents dying) and i have to just sit there for a bit waiting for my brain to sort out if it’s real or a dream, or things don’t quite exit the dream state right and everything just feels wrong somehow, which is fucking miserable and means i have to just try to fall back asleep so the brain can reset things and wake up properly.
It’s probably for the best our dreams aren’t stored in long term memory. We would have a real hard time figuring out what parts of our pasts were real and what parts were dreams. Also imagine getting ptsd from some fucked up fever dream you’ve had.
i have this sometimes, either the memories are vivid a bit too long (and vaguely plausible, like your parents dying) and i have to just sit there for a bit waiting for my brain to sort out if it’s real or a dream, or things don’t quite exit the dream state right and everything just feels wrong somehow, which is fucking miserable and means i have to just try to fall back asleep so the brain can reset things and wake up properly.