Quote - That doesn't sound crazy at all, moriador.  Dreams usually do feel "real" right when we wake up from one.  Taking a few minutes to get ones sea legs back is normal.

When I think about it, I recall that I had to make the rule, though, because at the time, the notion that what I'd dreamt might be real would sometimes stay with me for hours (not minutes as I originally said).  It was enough of a problem, at any rate, that I felt I needed some way to convince myself other than going through the process of actually investigating my recent past for evidence of weird events (for instance, waking up and searching through my papers for a speeding ticket which, in reality, I never got because I no longer owned a car -- which IS nuts!). The "rule" dispelled it quickly and allowed me to go on with the rest of my sleep deprived day without panicking.

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