Your brain doesn’t just replay them exactly. It mixes everything. Faces, places, sounds, even small stuff like a color you saw or a word someone said. Sometimes things you barely noticed during the day end up being the main thing in your dream. It’s weird how that works.
Every aspect of the dream is influenced by something from real life. Even if the dream feels unreal or crazy, the pieces are real. Just scrambled. It’s like your brain is going through the day’s storage and building a story out of it.
That’s probably why I remember my dreams so well. I take in a lot during the day. My brain just keeps all of it and brings it out at night in some weird form. And when I wake up, it all sticks. Sometimes I remember full conversations or places I’ve never even been to but somehow imagined.
I didn’t study dreams or read about them. I just noticed a pattern. And when it clicked, it made sense. I might not be a scientist, but figuring this out on my own feels good.