I've wondered something about dreams that if taken as explanation is very similar Conjecture: during sleep the mind moves short term to long term memory, when

I've wondered something about dreams that if taken as explanation is very similar Conjecture: during sleep the mind moves short term to long term memory, when formed, the memory fires adjacent nuerons and these fired nuerons form the dream In your case, seeking an old memory may have fired other adjacent nuerons, perhaps ones that have been dormant for some time I will do this when trying to remember something.. think around an memory and my own exposure to it contextually hoping to indirectly find the desired memory