I used to have lucid dreams for as far back as I can remember. I first started out with finding out that I could exit my nightmares whenever they got too bad, when I was like 7ish. Since then I started learning that I could change different things about the dream. Everytime I would tell a friend about the things I could do, no one seemed to be able to understand. So I just thought it was some cool, different thing. I didn't find out there was a study behind it until I was about 21, and I've been off and on the subject ever since then. But I've just recently gotten really serious about it, and anxious to see the skills I can gain.