I began to have dreams of childhood when I went to tx yrs ago---some were much like things that occurred, what I came to believe is that the emotional aspects of the dreams were certainly representative of how I felt, or must have felt ...the actual content was probably more metaphoric...though I must say, some seemed quite like real memories. I don't think we can ever know about this...they are important though; and the questions becomes "Why now?" ...what triggered them in the present? Do they help you understand some things about yourself? What can you do with this 'material'? I used to collage some of those dreams, and found it therapeutic, as I never really knew what it would end up looking like in the end...and the collaging was pleasurable, distracting, creative...