Hello, everyone.


I often have dreams where I realize that what is happening isn't real. Just last night I dreamt that everyone at my school was being relocated to what was effectively a concentration camp. One of my friends told me she was scared, and I remember thinking that I wasn't scared because it wasn't real.

Another time, I dreamt that I saw a girl I used to know who died a few years ago walking down the street on which I used to live. I looked specifically at her legs to make sure I wasn't confusing her with her twin sister (who became a paraplegic in the accident that killed this girl), and when I saw that she indeed was walking, I clearly thought to myself, "this isn't real."

I had another dream where my IB scores were compromised because I had sex with someone (it made sense in the dream), and I thought to myself, "that's not fair; I dreamt that, so it shouldn't affect me now."

My problem is that once I do this, I go back to dreaming. I can sometimes identify when what I am experiencing isn't real, but I never put two and two together and figure out that I'm dreaming and that I can control what's happening.

So does anyone have any tips for making the leap between realizing that the situation isn't real and actually becoming lucid?

Thanks.