I have memories that are reborn in dreams. As a result of ECT sessions, I lost a lot of memory. Since my last treatment in 2002, I only dream of people/places/things from 1999 back. It bothers me a lot. Some of the dream memories are false. Some are astoundingly true and clear, almost eidect.

I'm pretty fascinated by my dreams, particularly when I have dreams with the exact same themes and locales. But I'm frightened of them, too. I haven't had a doc/therapist in the last 17 years that have been interested in dreams, so I just say "I was thinking the other day..." instead of "I dreamt the other night..." and they pay attention.

I absolutely believe that many people repress memories: I know that I have and do and that I do it knowingly and that I do it because I want to feel safe and not to hurt so much. Suppressing memories allows me to exist... an occassional memory will slip out of the box, show up in a dream and destroy me for a month before I can get it back in the box.

If I were you, I would just let things flow as usual. And if you have so good memories that come to you through dreams, just be happy about it and don't worry about that nasty "abducted by aliens and scrutinized" dream because that is, most certainly, a false memory.

Happy dreams.