A lot of my dreams totally abandon subtly. Some are unexplainable, like being chased from a swingset by a knife-wielding half-goat half-lady, but I have a lot of talking dreams in which I'm in a discussion with a dream character. There is one recurring dream character I've had for around a decade now, and she'll flat out tell me things like "You need to take more risks", which doesn't leave much to interpretation, hehe. Oddly enough, I don't recall a single dream that included that recurring character where I was not myself.

Perhaps, yeah. I do have a rather weak sense of self, so maybe I'm trying out different roles in dreams to see how I feel in them? Sort of like trying on different outfits to see which fits best.