When a dream is not a dream

It's almost as if you're living in a dream or a parallel universe. It doesn't seem real, you perform your normal role and functions but it's as if you're on the outside looking at your normal self. And you tell yourself that the dream is not real, that the person outside the normalcy is the real you, and the real you is trapped somewhere while your doppelganger has assumed your identity and is pretending to be the real you.

At some level you know all of this is not true, that the person living your life is the real you, and the person outside looking in is not real, perhaps your subconscious or your imagination.

Confusing? Welcome to my world.