Control and lucidity connection

[Angstrem98]

First of all, I want to say that all my dreams are very vivid. By that I want to say that it is almost impossible not to think that it is real life but lucid experiences are fantastic. But, in my dreams, I always seem to have some awarness and full(kinda) control. Actually I behave like that is real life and I bring decisions based on dream situations. I seem to have thoughts like - What should I do now, I don't want to seem awkward to other people. And interesting for me, these dreams don't look like movies or stories, they're completely like alternate universe with me controlling stuff even without lucidity. So, do you have any tips how I could have more lucids based on these facts? Sorry for bad formatting, I'm on my phone.

[LuneBleue]

Hello ! That's completely normal to have control in your dreams, even without any lucidity. Most of the time, people say their dreams seem faraway, it's like watching a movie, they don't decide what they do in the dream... But I think it is really a recall problem, not a control problem. When we improve our dream recall, we discover that we can control the dream but it is not new : we just can remind it now. Dreams look more vivid, more detailed, but they aren't, we are just able to see it now. It's very good sign if you already live your dream this way, but it doesn't mean you have something special to do, your case isn't so "notable". You can use the basic methods (write your dreams, use Reality Checks, practice MILD and WBTB), they will work It's only that you will have less efforts to do to improve your memory and to create a link with your dream life because you're already good at it, but you don't have to use a particular method because your dreams remain "normal" dreams.

[Angstrem98]

Hey, thank you for your answer, I appreciate that! I'll continue journalling, it does give results after all.