My husband used to fix and resolve things in his dreams. For instance, one of his hobbies was working on old cars, restoring them. He would come to a part that he couldn't figure out. Then he would end up having a dream about it and the next morning he went and fixed whatever had been troubling him. He didn't dissociate though.

I don't remember most of my dreams but the ones I do are very vivid dreams with exacting details down to the nitty gritty stuff. If it's a bad dream, the nitty gritty stuff stinks big time but it can be fun when the dreams twist and turn but don't seem to be scary.

Dreams are fascinating. I don't have an opinion I guess on the fMRI stuff. I'm kind of on the same side of the fence as Alexandra as of right now but I don't have enough knowledge in that area to know for sure.

Good luck with all your figuring out though.