Originally posted by Howetzer

Since my first lucid dream I have pondered why it has been such a taboo topic. LD that is. I have had several post about it and even wrote to some news papers when they brought up dreaming - no reply.
Is it controversial? All the people I've told about how I can "controll my dreams" have been pretty interested in it and they believe me. I wonder what the general concensus is about this. Like, if skeptical people view LD as something they wouldn't believe in like ghosts or alien life.