Since I'm yet to atain lucidity yet, I've always wondered how real a dream actually is, compared to real life. Perhaps people who have regular lucid dreams can answer.

When I wake up and remember a dream, the memory is distant, like flashes of little images of what I did in the dream.

This is why when I first started learning about lucid dreaming I didn't understand why people were saying their dreams were so awesome and real.

Then I realised that your memory of things in general is the same. Your recollection of things you did in the past, whether it be a few minutes ago or weeks ago, is just a bunch of vague little images.

So perhaps dreams are exactly like experiencing real life and your memory of those events is the same as if you actually did them. If this is true - it's a massive incentive to keep trying to have a lucid dream!