Lost one shoe.

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About 4 months ago, I dreamt I am old tall man with long white hair. I climb down a staircase to this lab. After not finding anything interesting, I try to go back..my foot really hurts as I about to go up the stairs, its only one flight, not too much. I drop one shoe and only then I'm able to go up. My shoes are strange. They are white with green stripes on the side. Once I am at the top of the stairs, I remember I left my shoe downstairs. I try to go back, but can't find my shoe. I have to leave otherwise I'll miss my whatever appointment I have to get too at that time. Right then, even though I'm dreaming, I remember reading on this site that losing a shoe can mean being separated from your wife. I wake up suddenly as the thought is too overwhelming. So now, even though it wasn't in the plans at that time, its what eventually happend, even if it is temporary. Its tough.

I sometimes am confused in my dreams of what is a dream and what is reality. The two "worlds" overlap at times, especially right after I wake up and before I go to sleep. I remember in a dream something from here, which is natural, but when I'm awake, I start remembering things and sometimes characters from dreams and not realize they aren't real. This perception can last for hours, until I forcibly remember I am awake, what my address is, where I work, etc. I seem to go in and out of reality, but without realization and without control. I don't think i'm special, but I do worry if I have a psychiatric problem. Anyone else feel this way?