It's all in your mind. Of course it is!

But I've interviewed dream characters. Their crises seem so real (if one town is afflicted with a disease, the whole continent is aware!). The characters whom I've interviewed on the subject claim that they dream about real life (Did Chuang Tzu dream the butterfly, or did the butterfly dream Chuang Tzu?). The discrepancies between what my subconscious and conscious feel on the subject are odd.