Over the years I've kept dream journals, and something I've noticed is that in many of my dreams I am someone else entirely.

I don't mean I'm myself but merely in circumstances that are different.

Rather, I mean I am a completely different person with a different appearance, different name, different people around me, unfamiliar places, false memories, and my thought process and views within the dream are totally different than how they are when I'm awake. Some times I'm not even male.

In the average week I generally have 3-4 nights where I have a dream like that.

I know everyone has dreams where they're different, but is it normal to be that different so frequently? Where there is absolutely no recollection of not only your real life, but also of yourself?