Sometimes I ponder why I dream just nonsensical stuff, then at other times, its so vivid and real, and stuff that has a correlation to my waking hours. There perhaps are plenty of people wondering the same thing, searching on Google for answers...LOL...
but I know, for me, dreams often have such a profound significance and stay with me, especially those reoccurring dreams that I will get every once in a while. No matter how much you wished someone would wake you up, you keep on with the storyline, like something is sucking you in, and not only does it come that night, but the next night, and the night after. Sometimes you can alleviate it by truly looking at your situation in your waking hours. Perhaps you need to make a decision about something, change your direction. Try to change the ending of a nightmare that recurs right before you fall asleep.
I've had a few dreams that I thought were nonsense, however come to find out they had not happened yet. It was like watching a movie in rewind. Oh, I already know how this turns out. I've been known to surprise a few people by telling them stuff they think I didn't already know which sometimes could land me in hot water. Other times I just get that, "How did you know?" Oh, just a lucky guess. Right.
Speaking of luck, I haven't been lucky enough to hit the lottery, or dream the winning numbers, LOL, but I do seem to have pretty good luck. There have been a few instances in which I narrowly escaped bodily injury due to a failing car operating system, or by using intuition to get out of a situation or place quickly, so I trust myself to feel, and act upon it if I feel the need to do so. I think you have to 'tune in.' I think we all have that ability to perceive bad vibrations, bad karma, size up people we don't necessarily know.
As far as your dreams, do you dream in color? Don't know? I find dreams interesting, do you? I haven't had any recurring nightmares lately, but when I was in an unhappy marriage I did, interesting how when you change your life circumstances you dreams change too! Dreams really do reflect the state of the heart.