If you have the Steam in-game overlay disabled or it doesn't load properly when you load the game, Steam-specific features in games don't work. Try restarting.

If that's not it, are you sure you're subscribed to Dreams and not Objects?

You might also have more luck trying to subscribe to items through the Workshop link at the top of this page instead of in-game.

And lastly, if you are sure you are subscribed to levels and they have fully downloaded, are there labeled polaroids on the cork board? You click on those to load/unsubscribe to levels.

There are no polaroids at all. when i click the plus, nothing happens even after ive restarted the game. Steam overlay is enabled. I have downloaded Dreams, and NOT objects.

Weird.

Your downloaded workshop content is saved to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\1049410\ - are there files in this folder?

And saving even a basic dream - does that add it to your saved dreams on the right cork board?

Yeah, the files are in the workshop folder. saving a dream i made myself causes it to stay on the cork board

even my subscribed objects are not showing up either

Hmm. When i tried to upload a level, nothing happened either. something seems wrong with the overlay. i double checked and saw it was enabled...

This is above my ability to help, then. I tested disabling the Steam overlay and that did cause the "+" to do nothing, but subscribed levels still showed up, so that's not it. My only other potential idea is that it's a permission thing. Maybe running the game as an Admin might do it. If not, a good ol' fashioned "reinstall everything" is my only other suggestion. Sorry I couldn't be more help. :-(

upon resetting steam itself, the files are loading in, Thank you for the help!