Hi, newbie here....

OK, I know this probably goes against most of what is discussed and promoted here, but I honestly have a "problem" of excessive and unwanted recall of dreams! I'm hoping someone can explain to me why this may be the case.

Specifically, for the past several years or so, I have experienced the phenomenon (?) of having dream images from past dreams (and keep in mind...this could be a dream I had last night or a dream I had LAST YEAR!) pop up in my mind at any given moment during waking life. I could be sitting in a business meeting, driving my car, etc., and suddenly some random dream will flash in my thoughts that I may have had, say, the week before.

What's more, I will *automatically* associate a dream with a place. For instance, I could think of a vacation I took 6 months ago, think of the hotel where I was staying, and recall the dream I had one night while staying there! And, I'm not even trying to do this....it just pops in my head.

Folks, this is REALLY annoying me lately. I don't know why it's happening, but I've never heard of this before. I have always had generally good dream recall, but this is ridiculous. I have experienced some lucid dreams in the past (it's been awhile), but this isn't a technique I have pursued lately at all.

This all seems benign enough, but just plain weird, and annoying!! Any thoughts on this?