Dreams - another mind?

[Michi]

The other night I had a somewhat weird dream about me doing a theory exam for a driving license. Instead of doing the exam on computer (as it is usually nowadays done) I had to fill out various cards. However, as the questions were partially non-sequitur I complained to one of the supervisors.

In the morning I remembered this vivid dream and was wondering why I didn't know in my dream how such theory exams are supposedly done. It puzzled me why knowledge from my "real live" wasn't accessible to me in my dream.

If I had "known" I would have insisted doing the exams on the computer.
I noticed this actually several times that it appears when dreaming I have no access to my mind.
Is there someone who can provide some (not too esoteric) insight?

[Innocent Warrior]

I have dreams where I seem to be just processing events that are currently happening in my waking life, I also dream of people I've seen (some I've met, some I haven't), and my fears are reflected in dreams too, so I'm certain we have access to our minds. Our memories are of our soul but the fears are of the mind, so it's difficult to know where it arises from exactly but the fear is a giveaway that it's from the mind I think.

I've noticed that different environments in the dreamscape bring out different characteristics in me which causes me to be quite different to how I am in waking life, sometimes I don't recall things I'm aware of while awake and sometimes I'm aware of things I'm not aware of while awake.

Another possible reason is you're dreaming of being someone else, sometimes my dream is like living the highlights of someone's entire life.