Idk how many other people experience this but judging by the prevalence of nightmares I’m guessing it’s not common but;

I have never had a nightmare. Because I do not experience emotions in my dreams. Oh, I’ve had plenty of dreams with unpleasant imagery. I’ve had dreams of being murdered, I’ve had dreams of blood and gore, I’ve had dreams of zombies, aliens, war of the worlds, monsters, raptors, you name it. I don’t think, imagery-wise, any of my dreams would qualify as “pleasant”. They’re weird. They often feature death. They don’t sound the same as how most people describe their dreams as being.

But like, I think it’s because on a subconscious level, I’m always aware I’m in a dream. Not lucid dreaming in the sense that I can control my dreams or anything (although I have had a few of those), but rather lucidity on a subconscious level, despite that being fairly contradictory. I experience dreams similar to how I experience movies, maybe even more apathetically actually. I don’t often make the actual connection of “Oh! Dream!” In my dreams, but rather, I participate in dreams with more of a “I’m just along for the ride” type attitude.

It’s weird.