I heard dreams come from the occipital lobe (visualizing from the frontal). So maybe the headaches and lucid dreams are connected with something going on with your occipitals? Hope this helps.

Hey Cheryl, thanks for sharing. It's interesting to hear you have active and visual dreams. One study showed aphants have fewer and less sensory-rich dreams. However, we have heard from other aphantasics who do have visual dreams yet no conscious visual experiences while awake. I can't say for certain whether the headaches are related or not, I'm not a dream researcher, but from what we know so far dreaming and mental imagery seem to involve different brain networks. You mention "not all the time." Do you dream often? Or is this more of a rare event?