There's quite an extensive study on dreams particularly by Sigmund Freud by the 1900s.
Dreams have been much the subject of not just video games, but by the greatest filmmakers and auteurs of the last century including Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. Lynch's most famous and well known example of this is Mulholland Drive, a film about the loss of the American Dream through Hollywood, where many surreal things happen, such as the main character, Rita, having a dream in the beginning while hiding from a car chase.
While that obvious example, happened two years after Final Fantasy 8 was released, dreams have been observed by many like Sigmund Freud and Fritz Perls since late 1800s, and many such as yourselves have observed what happens in ones own dreams, possibly in iCloud's or Facebook chats, or even old fashioned word processors, printed paper notebooks and notepads.
Media related, noted internet film critic Rob Ager has noted how Alex mentions in A Clockwork Orange as if someone had screwed up his brain in a dream, in a Wizard of Oz-like scenario. Similarly child abused character Danny Torrence, has a dream regarding a nightmare in a hotel room, according to one of Ager's interpretations.
Culturally, there's been a lot of bologna, but the fascination, obsession and idea of one is definitely something intriguing. Nowadays, the American dream is one highly sought of, but scarce: becoming rich in a Xanadu-like mansion with all ones loved ones. Being able to buy everything you want, becoming a house owner, doing a job you enjoy, etc.. It's really about the person. What does one desire or want to achieve in life?
(In this example,) what about Cloud Strife?
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