Quote Originally Posted by Sasso0o View Post
Sometimes I am lucid and making conscious decisions in my dreams trying to control things, and sometimes I succeed and others fail.

But there are times when I am lucid and making decisions that surprise me when I wake up; decisions I would not normally make.
It feels like I was in control but with my subconscious-self, but I am not sure that's a thing.

I lucid dream from time to time, but I am not an expert, so I am sorry if that's a repeated question.
There is always this tug-a-war with the subconscious mind as it predominantly has occupied the domain of dreaming over our waking self. If I slip up my lucid focus it will take over changing the dream experience until I can assert my intent and focus back on the dream content. Also our levels of lucidity vary as we can think we are lucid but may only be at 80% lucid, or semi-lucid. It's an interesting shift in our psychology when in that focus state.