I only remember dreams when I'm sleeping lightly. When I do I'm usually quickly aware it's a dream. It's very seldom I wake up and only then realize it's been a

I only remember dreams when I'm sleeping lightly. When I do I'm usually quickly aware it's a dream. It's very seldom I wake up and only then realize it's been a dream, I can only recall 3-4 times this has happened and I'm 40+. Most of the times when I become aware I can control the dream, and it feels like I'm directing a movie of sorts. If I don't like where the dream is going I go back a bit and re-dream a different path, so to speak. Since I sleep lightly in these cases I often incorporate external elements. For a while I had a radio alarm clock and I'd incorporate bits of the news or any stories the radio host told into my dreams, usually turning them very weird, but not in a bad way. Only ever had one bad dream as an adult, but it was really bad. It was one where I was aware but not fully in control, I was dreaming I was in one of the video games I played at the time and had a good time. But then I ended up getting trapped underwater and drowned. That woke me up and it felt horrible. The feeling of hopelessness and knowing you're about to die really left a mark. Took me a long time to get over it, and I still get the chills thinking about it now 15 years later.