REM World

What is the point of dreams?

The brain attempting to make sense of chaotic thoughts?

The sub-conscience working through suppressed matters?

An externally given message about the future?

What do I think dreams are for?

All.

I've had personal experience.

I've written down over 70 of my dreams to date.

Some random. Some meaningful. Some I wish were real.

The dream world is as much in real settings as it is a fantasy space.

Many dreams correlate to a current crush.

(Sometimes old crushes visit my REM world.)

Yet other dreams wrap into an entire mini story.

Highly complex and usually related to a book/media I read/saw.

Dreams correlating to the future?

Although I doubt any significance, I have experienced it.

A spider I was holding, actually scared myself awake.

<next day: held a spider like the one in my dream>

(one of those common wild ones which like street lights at night)

One where my focus was on a friend leaving for college,

But they were noticeably heavier than real life.

<next day: same friend mentions college freshmen gain about 15 lbs.>

(Oh yeah that was weird)

Coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not.

But the correlation is always discovered after the fact. 

Not psychic.

However, who am I to say the possibility doesn't exist.

Dreams are the place I can go to work out puzzles.

Where I can enjoy my own reality.
Remembering the REM world is the most satisfying.