Different types of dreams....

I've read some of the threads on this forum and didn't know there was a difference in types of dreams, i.e, lucid, astral, realistic, etc.

I have had plenty of dreams where I know I was dreaming, have said in my dream I know this is a dream, and acted, reacted accordingly. But the dream type that interest me most are the ones where the dreams are like real life. In these dreams, your 5 senses are at work and the dream feels as if it is reality and not a dream.

I am interested in these types of dreams for the simple fact that things happen which were not influenced by my everyday life, and the events are unscripted and I am experiencing them as if they are real life. I'll post two dreams like this later.

Being new to knowing about the different types of dreams, (just learned on this forum) where can I find more info on realistic dreaming? Info on how to interpret things in them like objects, colors, smells, etc.

Here are two of some of my strongest and most realest dreams ever. These both happened one night in June 06 and I remember them and the effect they had on me like they happened yesterday.

The first dream was of wife and I. We were on the Margate-Northfield (new jersey) causeway about to cross before a big storm set in. I don't know where we were going but we were just going. We were traveling by bicycle (old, sky blue, banana seat bicycle which belonged to my oldest sister Lynn when she was young). Before we got on the causeway, wife got on the handlebars of the bike. I then began to pedal feeling how difficult it was to move forward, not because she was on the handlebars, but because of the rising floodwaters. So wife got scared and wanted to sit on the crossbar. So I stopped and she got on the crossbar. At this point, we are on the causeway and I see the Sun is about to set and the waters are getting extremely rough. The water is almost a foot off the ground that I was pedaling on. Wife then wanted to sit on the back of the seat while I pedaled onward. She adjusted and I kept going except now I was super scared because the entire causeway was underwater and it looked like I was riding a bike in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during a huge storm! The waves were huge!

I finally made it to the other side but when I got there something weird happened, Wife was not with me. On the other side it was dark and there were sections of bush, trees, and a badly worn road. The road was littered with what appeared to be super deep potholes filled with black water. It was very hard to navigate through the street. But once I got around the corner, I was in a parking lot with those orange, yellowish street lights. I was alone and was not worried or sad that Wife wasn't with me; it just felt weird. Then it switched to the next dream.

The next dream started with me lying (my feet were closest to the bottom of the stairs and my head was on a really comfortable pillow at the other end of the couch) on Lynn’s couch at her house (there was a gentle warm glow of white to everything, especially near the end part of the dream). Lynn was upstairs cleaning my niece's room and talking to me at the same time. An overwhelming sorrow was what I felt as I explained to Lynn my marriage's problems (I had my hands intertwined behind my head propping it up on the pillow; I was extremely comfortable). Then out of nowhere, Nicky comes walking out of my niece's room (from left to right), walks down the stairs all the while looking me in my eyes with this warming half-smile (she had on a white women's tank top and beige capris), walks over too me, lays right on top of me (she had both her arms folded with both her hands on my chest), looks me in my eyes (smiling fully now), says, "You see, if you had just told me how you felt about me when we were kids, none of this (pain I was experiencing) would have ever happened." She then closed her eyes and kissed me so softly and gently on my lips. The dream felt so real that I felt her body weight (she is about 5'3" 120lbs) and body heat on me. I even felt the softness, wetness, and warmth of her lips pressed against mine. Those were the two strongest and most realistic dreams I have EVER had.

For the second dream, the feelings that dream gave me didn't start to fade for at least 2 weeks. I mean, I remember how it felt now but I remember walking around feeling like I had JUST had the dream for 2 straight weeks!

Mason. I don't if its a rule or not, but try not to double post. There is an edit button. Because editing saves people from sending in numerous post in a row. So post something and write all you have to then post it and wait for someone to reply. Unless its a dream journal, which if it is it shouldn't be in here I think. So you might want rethink double posting in the future.