What is a dream like?

[Yakuria]

I haven't had a dream since I was 8, and now I am 16. I don't remeber how dreams are suppose to feel. Are dreams suppose to be as vivid as real life, or do you only remeber them by thought, kinda like imagining things or day-dreaming. When I dream should it feel real or just be fanciful thoughts? I tried auto-suggestioning for the first time last night, saying, "I will wake up after every dream and remeber it." (Am I suppose to say it until I fall asleep?) Anyways, one of the times I woke up I remebered something, but it just felt like I was remebering something I thought up or imagined, not dreamed. So...? P.S. I am talking about normal dreams, not Lucid, I need some dream recall before I can lucid