Could Extremely Lucid Dreams actually Be Alternative Realities?

I'd like to think so, even though I cannot "prove" this of course. I have the most amazing, full-colour, 3D, surround sound, tactile dreams imaginable. They're coherent, consistent, and have the same laws of physics as this world. I never have those stereotypical dreams where people report flying through the air, walking on water, or walking through walls. If I ever did, I'd instantly know that I was dreaming, and wake up straight away.
Quite often the dream will be so nice, so real, and so much better than this world, that upon awakening I'll instantly regret that I couldn't stay over there permanently.

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I have a really long answer to this... but short answer is.. i dont know. The short hypothesis is that there is only one reality, but it has so many layers, we can't process them all at once. Kind of like a computer processor stores its data in different banks.. so.. think of it like a map on top of a map on top of a map.. etc.. they are all maps of the same place, but they are detailing different layers. I think essotericism attempts to explain this concept as each layer being a "plane of existence" but it is hard to say if we are ever truly seperated from each layer. Most mystics believe we exist in all layers at once but can only percieve them one or two at a time because of how complex each layer is. That being said.. i have shared dreams with people before in a place i refer to as the "mental plane" it freaks people out every time when i ask them "did you dream about xxxxx?" Somehow when it happens, i always know that it was a shared experience too.. like something in me picks up on it and recognizes that it is different.. still havent found anyone to talk to about it though.. most people just think im crazy.. but the ones i have had shared experiences with.. its like knowing i was in their dream is too much for them.. when i start describing their dream acurrately, they just freak out, shut down and exit my life..