dreams mixing with reality

I'm a dreamer. I can remember at least one dream after waking up in the morning (and can remember all day not just immediately after waking up). I specifically remeber dreams I had when I was a toddler, even the nonreoccuring ones. My dreams are almost always extremely vivid.
As of a few months ago my dreams have become so vivid that my mind starts getting confused with what actually happened and what i dreamt. It started small like having a quick dream that I finish my laundry. Its so clear and realistic that when I wake up I legitemitly believe I did my laundry! Unfortunely I cant really clean in my sleep ha. It was harmless for awhile until i started getting dreams of bigger events that seem so real that I thought they happened as well. For example I had a dream about being young and in a commercial with a childhood friend of mine. I then realized i was dreaming but thought i was just bringing up lost memories. In the morning i talked to my mom like "hey i completely forgot i was in a comerical as a kid! I just remembered in a dream!" Then she explained to me that it never actually happened. It really spooked me. What does this mean? Why are my dreams becoming as powerful as reality?

Dreams are "Reality", they are One and the same.

What if you start giving yourself a message every night before sleep, that whatever you dream is just a dream. See if it changes how you think when you wake.

I've had dreams where I wake up and tell myself whatever is in the dream is not real. I'll go back to sleep and tell what/whoever is in the dream, you're not real, go away. and they go away in my dream. Have been able to do this for about 7 years now.