....am I just losing it? |
Big time, John!
Hey, I've done that and more. I pay a lot of attention to dreams as a source (in my opinion) of powerful metaphorical content customized for me. So occasionally the two worlds do impinge on one another, especially when the "message" is a timely one. It's like "Hey! You listening in there? Yo!"
Stranger yet, I've gotten so involved in a fictional universe (particularly those created by Tim Powers and Connie Willis, a couple of highly-gifted modern fantasists) that I've reacted momentarily in my own world as though I were occupying the fiction. Now THAT's losing it!

And that's creating powerful metaphor, something Tim and Connie do quite well.