I’ve only been actively pursuing lucid dreaming for just under a year but I’ve had a hand full of experiences throughout my life. The first time I can remember I must have been 8 - 10 years old. I was having a nightmare that I can barely remember now but I’m in my old house and hiding behind a sofa from monsters who I believe will hurt me if I’m found. To disguise myself I put a box on my head and then I go out and start mingling with the monsters. At some point the fear slipped away and I just became aware that I was in a dream and had nothing to be frightened about. I then spent the rest of the dream telling the monsters that I’m in a dream. It was a rather pleasant experience in the end and I found great enjoyment telling my friends that I had experienced a dream and knew it was a dream whilst in it. It wasn’t until my late teens that I had my second and learnt what Lucid dreaming was.