I have the same type of total recall. The strange thing is when they actually happen in real life at a later day.

your not a freak. I dream the same way

Snowy...you're not alone..I dream with drama and vivid color...
You should save those notes - it might make for an interesting book sometime. I have 3 dream books at my desk...I can look some specifics up for you if you'd like ;)

I have the same thing - I can recall every detail - the weird thing is that they are always the same dream(s) - not the same one every night but always repeats of ones I've had before - tried writing them down, looking them up to see if they actually mean anything, but nothing that I can connect with - you r not alone

not every dream I have is like that...but I have a series of dreams that I have had for 15 years or so and they are called my water dreams and they are the most beautiful, peaceful, vivid places...usually oceans and warm water.
My husband always wishes me water dreams instead of sweet dreams.
Are the dreams you remember like that have a certian topic or are they scary?

Snowy, I think I am the freak, I can not recall any dreams at all. Not for years now. Not one thing comes to mind after a nights sleep. I wonder why??? Jade

I remember most of my dreams like that, but my husband is like Jade, remembers nothing. Reckon it's an issue with how deep of sleep you're in? I notice that if I'm dozing or sleeping lightly, I recall my dreams better, they seem VERY real.
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You are not a freak. I dream in detail as well. The only problem I have with that is that I don't want to remember the bad dreams.

Ohhh you don't want to know about my dreams. They make no sense! I don't dream often, but when I do, the colours are dynamic!

scarlett,
I don't remeber all my dreams, but ALL the dreams I remember are varied in theme and usually (not always, but usually) have something to do with the certain type of stress I am under. Whether it's an excited stress or an anxious stress makes no difference.

I would write a "for instance" dream (one that I have had analysed already) but it would take up too much space here. The dream I would write about would be the one of the polluted river.
It was very disturbing. Come to find out, all the symbols and charachters and such centered around my concern for helping the alcoholics in my family. When I brought this dream to my counselor, it was 13 pages long. I was really shaken by the dream but it turns out it was a wonderful dream.

I never know if I truly have had a nightmare or a good dream because my "instincts" were so maligned for me as a child that I am never sure what I can trust and can't. Some dreams are great dreams but they scared me horribly until I discovered what they meant.

Dogtired,

I was told once that if you don't remember your dreams it is because your mind has satisfactorily sorted and filed its meaning and has stored it away for you. You are, in effect, content now.

I was also told that if you tell yourself to remember your dreams, you will. It takes a while to train your brain, but it can be done because I have done it.

Each night I would repeat to myself 7 times..."I will remember my dreams"...and it took about a full month, but through that month, I would remember more and more of my dreams until I finally could recall the entire dream. I don't like to do thast anymore because if I don't remember the dream then my brain has worked through the "situation" satisfactorily and there really is no need to remember it.
But the dreams I do remember, WOW!, it's like being at a movie and watching in stereo/surround sound and technicolor.

Oh...and by the way...dogtired, you are not a freak either!

Sometimes I can recall vivid dreams like that. Other times I remember dreaming but they slip away as I am waking up. Ever dream that you are someone else but you know it is you in the dream? I do that alot I have been many people in my dreams even male.

Oh yeah, I love having vivid dreams. I rarely have bad dreams because I can wake myself up if I don't like it. (I think THAT is weird.) Some of my dreams are special to me, it is like I get to visit with dead people... see my grandma again, etc. In those dreams, we talk and catch up... My sister tells me that dreaming of visiting with people who have died means my time here is short, I don't know about that.

Yes fairydust,
I have been someone else in a dream...I have even had a southern accent in a couple of dreams. In one dream I was speaking fluent Canadian French and understood everything I was saying. When I woke up, I had to write what I had said in English cause I couldn't actually speak the French...it was weird.