I finished my graduate studies in 1977. I still sometimes dream I registered for a class and forgot to go all semester and now I have to take the final. Or, I dream I registered for the class and did not go the whole semester and now it was time to graduate and I do not have enough credits. I don't see it as living in the past. I see it as my mind focusing on something and turning it into a dream I can relate to. My life has moved forward and continues to do so.