Is Fantasy a dream or an escape?

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Originally Posted by Lalwendë

I will often return to the same dream, too, though I do suffer with recurring dreams anyway as that's a feature of PTSD, unfortunately.

Yike. Perhaps you might look into EMDR. Worked for me.

Originally Posted by Lal

So, is a lucid dream a fantasy or a dream then?

It's dreaming; but in this case the conscious mind is able to affect the subconscious, and thereby render the incipient chaos, ordered. ... very important for mental health.