I am & always have been a very active dreamer, with many (which I've written down) being ornate; complex beyond waking belief, even.
I've had dreams wherein I lived entirely different lives (and which were generally very mundane, TBH), yet wherein I even *slept*, and *dreamed*, though I've only had four of those in my entire life.
As for journaling...to steal from Heinrich von Kleist, 'I write merely because I cannot stop'.
As for recurring dreams, no, they're generally original each time; as in, wildly variant.
The only time I've had recurring dreams was during the height of PTSD, which was many (many) years ago.
@netspionage @xal3x0n I used to have recurrent dreams. Some were recurrent nightmares. Others not. I haven’t had a recurring dream in quite a few years now. Fortunately.