Repeating Myself

I know that I mentioned my dreams in the last class, but since it's relevent here, I am going to repeat myself. The chapter on dreaming obviously was very interesting to me, as I have never met anyone else who has 'lucid dreams' like I have had, now I see that it's not "weird", it's just another kind of dreaming. I can't always control my dreams or know that I'm dreaming, but about once a month I'll have a dream that I either know I'm in a dream, can control my dream in some way, or can tell myself to wake up when I need to. The first time I can remember having a dream like that was when I was a junior in high school. I had recently cut my very long hair (after losing a bet with my mom) and it was way to short (I hated it!!!). A few nights in a row I would have dreams where my hair was long again and then I would wake up and realize it was a dream. After about a week of that, I started having the same dreams (about my long hair) only as soon as I noticed the length, I said to myself "Melissa, it's just a dream". Ever since, I have been able to do that on multiple occasions. I have also been able to tell other people in my dreams that if they get scared to tell me and I'll just wake up.
Other dream 'issues' that I have had are being able to remember significant portions of my dreams as well as the recognition of multiple dreams in the same night. I live with my fiance, and in the morning we'll tell each other our dreams (if we remember), when he tells me his, he vaguely remembers the overall plot of the dream. Then when it's my turn, I can go on for about 10 minutes discussing what happened with detail. I've also noticed on so many occassions that in my dreams, I am doing the action as well as observing myself doing the action. Also, I have never had a dream (that I can recall) where I am doing anything out of the norm- like flying or being dismembered.

I am very open to the possiblity that people have pre-cognitive dreams because I believe strongly that my mother does it all the time. And her creativity definitly comes through her dreams. I also experience deja vu a few times a month.