Yep, same here. I thought that everyone could do it too, until I began discussing dreams with friends. When my friends had terifying nightmares, I'd ask them "well why'd ya let it get that bad?" They'd stop, look at me funny, and ask me if I'm off my rocker???

Before i was seven, I experienced horrifyingly-terrifying nightmares. One night, at seven years old, I screamed in my nightmare "STOP", then woke myself up. Since then, I've been in control: changing, flying, disolving, reappearing, kickin' back and watchin' the action, or purposefully waking up, changing positions, then starting anew. Once the lucidity starts, it continues until my alarm clock wakes me up.