It is the same way for me. Emotions in my dreams are very often amplified or blown out of proportion. I believe you'll find this is the case with many people. So, yes it's completely normal.
So I'm not a complete freak.
Yay
But I also have another question...
What would happen if you tried to take a picture in a lucid dream? Would it just not work? I'd kind of assume it'd work the same way a mirror works (or is told to work, I wouldn't know because I haven't had a dream that I can control anything yet... ).
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