I've been lucid dreaming off and on for about 4 years now. At first it was extremely scary almost until I learned what was going on. I would wake up in almost like a real world that was just waiting for my interaction (a game type world) but in my own house. I would be alone and I had a light switch next to my bed (for my closet) and I would flip it on so I could see so I could get up for a second, and it wouldn't turn on. Strange thing at first, so I would check another switch, and it wouldn't work as well. The first few times this was scary because I felt awake, and not asleep at all. I would wake up in a part paralasys (sp?) and then finally be able to get up.

After experiencing this for a few times I realized that light switchs are my sign. If a lightswitch doesn't work then I know that I am dreaming. As a matter of fact lights NEVER come on in my dreams except for small ambient light maybe coming from behind the curtains int he room or something (not sure why I never get light). So it was a pretty good system, and still works today.

However more recently I've been having variences in my dreams, almost like my mind is fucking with me. I will be in a lucid dream where i have almost complete control of the situation but I am starting to get resistance, as things start to happen out of my control, the light switch may not work so I know I'm dreaming, but maybe a few minutes later a light will turn on in another room, in dreams where lights have never worked. Its really weird, almost freaking me out again.

I had a dream where there was a person in it, that I had never seen before, I knew I was dreaming and I had some control but this person told me that I shouldn't be doing this an ddreams wheren't ment to be controlled, and started to fight with me, but I was still fully aware it was a dream and like I said had a level of control.

Things have been getting strange lately in them, I don't know if I'm the only person who experiences things liek this but yeah.