What's this condition called ?

[RazvanB]

Hello, Although this is my first post, I've actually known this website for 10 years but I don't remember any details of my old account. I'm interested into reading more about this condition that I'm having, searching the internet yielded a lot of varied explanations, and since this is about me, I thought I'd discuss my matter with other people. I dream. I dream a lot. I have three alarms every morning before going to work: 8,9,10 am (so I can wake up more easily). I remember some of my dreams before 8AM and almost every dream I'm having between 8-9 and 9-10. Even if I go back to bed, in those ~20 mins of sleep. I still dream. In fact this is gone so far that I start dreaming in the first 30 minutes of putting myself to sleep AT NIGHT! (the story: put myself to sleep at around 1.40AM, roommate entered the apartment at around 2.15AM waking me up and remembering I've been having a dream (something trivial, not very fun or exciting)) . I thought dreams only occur in REM sleep. Can REM sleep start so early ? Am I dreaming outside REM sleep ? Some details about my sleep behavior: I never felt tired from waking up from a night's sleep I sleep a lot. I can wake up easily, but the motivation and mental state of my mind makes me wanna doze and stay in bed And when I do doze, I fall asleep in like 1-2 minutes. I'm only feeling like I've had enough sleep when I sleep at least 10-11 hours (otherwise I'll be sleepy until I get out of bed). Important: I dont' feel tired at all waking up, so I don't think it's an issue of not having enough rest I don't take naps midday (don't feel like I need them either). But if I'm to lay in bed and close my eyes, I'll fall asleep in 15-20 mins. Some details about my dreams I simply love my dreams, they make me feel so much better. Basically it gives me the stuff I miss in real life. I mostly dream social/affective contexts, the ones that I lack in real life. I also have a lot of action packed and horror sci-fi dreams. Video game-like dreams, thriller movies-like dreams. Even if some of them makes my heart pump like crazy, I still kinda like them, It gives me a certain satisfaction which I'm not having in real life Almost anything I think about or imagine it carries into the dream (when waking up in the morning, after the initial night sleep) What I think it's happening with my mind: I have a lot of "missing" things in my life, especially in a particular part of life. I've read somewhere that the brains tries to replace this void, negative energies, etc with positive emotions; eliminate reactivity towards negative emotions. It seems like I've kinda fallen real deep into this as I keep having a ton of dreams and also trouble getting out of bed. Read the top answer to this question: quora.com / Does-dreaming-when-napping-mean-Im-not-getting-enough-sleep-at-night . It might be right because I feel much better every time I wake up (mood-wise) having dreams. Is there named condition in which the brain tries to sleep as much as possible in order to dream and get rid of negative emotions and replace the void in your real life with the nice things you're having in dreams ?