Thread: I now know I have lucid dreams, but...

Hey. Well, it was only a few days ago I realized the dreams I've been having were called 'lucid dreams'. I was completely unaware these kind of dreams existed.

Please, if you can, read my post. D: Sorry it's so freaking long.

I've been having lucid dreams for quite a lot of years, I just didn't know what they were, so I assumed it was just weird, common dreaming.

I've been having dreams, where I don't even need to question myself whether I'm dreaming or not, I just know I'm dreaming. I find myself thinking, during the dream ''It's a dream, so it's okay for me to do everything I want to do'' and I just move on to whatever action I have in mind.

For example, just yesterday I had a dream where I was in a fairytail-like world, with houses that looked like castles, ~a lot of green grass, and people dressed in medieval clothes. It was something I had been hoping I'd see in my dreams for such a long time. And it seemed like, the world was just I wanted it to, as if I was the creator of it.

I knew right away I was dreaming, and although I was not in full of control of all things in the dream, I was at least control of my actions. I chose to walk through a road to go to a castle, and meanwhile I looked around me and caught a glimpse of all the fairytail world I had created. It seemed so real, it was quite scary, but yet I still knew it was a dream so I kept reassuring myself it's okay. I even felt as if I could smell the flowers, and I heard people shouting while working. In a way, I felt like I was the main character in a video game or something.

I remember one part where, I ran back to my house in that world, into my bedroom, and my dad showed up all of the sudden in front of me, holding a large book. He called it the ''book of his life''. He said I had to find mine too. I remember how I started looking everywhere to find it, and at that moment it felt extremely real, too. When I couldn't find it, he said to 'look deeper'. So I stared down at the floor and a blurry image of a book started developing, so I moved down and tried grabbing it, even if it felt like grabbing air, and immediately I had the book in my hands.

After that, I woke up from the dream, and stayed in bed to think about what I saw so that I remember it. Afterwards, I told myself I want to continue with the dream, so I fell asleep again, and it did continue, right where I left it.

I then chose to take another road, which leaded to a castle-like house. I really felt as if it was cold outside, so when I got into the house it was suddenly warmer. I started looking around the house, with my own will, as if to get a picture of everything in it. Yup, just like when you're playing a roleplaying game on the playstation, and you explore the virtual world around you. Suddenly, at that moment, I wished that my boyfriend could be there with me. And, well, he appeared. Even when I hugged him, it seemed terribly real.

Overall, I just didn't want to wake up from the dream, and I was very disappointed when I got woken up.

So, well, my question is...Is it normal for your dreams to feel incredibly real, even if you know you're dreaming? And is it normal for you to be able to really feel things, or even smell things, while have a lucid dream? And, maybe, is it normal to wish for something, like a loved one appearing in your dream, and for it to happen? Or I am just really weird?

Also, do you suggest something I could try to keep on having dreams like that? I'm afraid that now that I know what I'm having is lucid dreams, I won't have them as often, and I would really like for them to keep on happening. Thank you.