All my life I've had lucid dreams. When I was 5 I had dreams of a giant hand grabbing me from my bed. They developed in to dreams of me being able to fight the giant hand and make it do my will. I'm 26 now. I still have total control of my dreams. I choose what I do and how I do it. Other members of my family have lucid dreams too. In my dreams I'm always the main character and I have control of me. I don't have control of the setting or the other characters in my dreams, but I do have control of me. When I was little I couldn't wake up when I needed too. I can now. It's still difficult, but, when I feel like I need to wake up I can make that happen. It often leads to short term dream paralysis. My dreams are often so intense they feel real. That's just life for people with the brain power we have been allotted.