What if it's not just a dream, but repressed memories of your life as a super secret, monster fighting spy? You know, like James Bond meets The Ghostbusters. After you retired, they had your mind wiped so you couldn't share your secrets with the tabloids. Of course, as can happen with these things, they missed a few bits.I also awoke today vividly remembering trying to escape capture during WWII to try to find a secret vault of advance technology in a nearby mountain range, but instead awoke some monster thing that literally wiped us all out. It was probably the most vivid dream I've had in a REALLY long time.
I'm impressed with that statement. Writing down dreams involves 1) remembering them; 2) having a writing tool at the ready next to the bed before the dream fades; 3) being committed to doing it. I do believe you can train yourself to do it well. I went through a period in my 20s where I wrote down every dream. After a while, you can see patterns. As soon as you see the patterns, you can control them. Eventually you can solve your problems (anxiety, repressed emotion, etc.) in your sleep. I don't know if my last statement is a true statement - but it would be nice to think so.I write down most of my dreams down no matter the scenario.
When I was around 15 I used to write down every dream I had no matter what. After awhile lucid dreaming just came sort of naturally (I could control dreams for seconds before waking up), and after maybe 6 months of that I could stay conscious in a dream for a little while. What an experience it is, and I would recommend trying it to anyone that wants to do it. Now the reason I write my dreams down is sometimes I dream some pretty cool stuff that helps with my writing, but honestly I may try to get back into lucid dreaming.