first off, i would like to explain my level of lucid dreaming

i am a natural lucid dreamer
i frequently have dreams and remember them, and have had dreams in which i am very aware of my state and have utilized the dream for pure enjoyment, after which i have woken up in what i would describe as little less than complete tranquility, it was rather i woke up thinking the day would be great and i was just so ready to enjoy life. really great ones like that dont come often though, only maybe one or two in my lifetime.

when i was younger however, i once had a dream (nightmare) where iwas laying in my bed, and i woke up(not sure if i really did or not) and saw a skull in my closet on the platform above where the hanger pole is, also, i was in my backyard and my neighbor was like a zombie or something coming up from my backyard grass (the in betweens are hazy) nonetheless, i awoke with intense fear, by intense i wasnt going crazy or anything, but i was scared shitless for sure. i felt something inside me that is hard to explain, it was almost like i was being pumped with adrenaline, over and over and over, as if it was the beating of my heart, which it felt like, and i could feel in my eyes. first, anyone know what this could have been? but also,
is there any possibility that if i started practicing lucid dreaming i could have more dreams like this?


i have a lot of other issues regarding this lucid dreaming



of the questions circling my mind, one is thus
a lucid dreamer is someone who seeks to dream while knowing they are dreaming, however. my theory is that if the dreamer is aware that it is in fact a dream, then the dream would be less intensified than that of a dreamer who truly believed that the dream was real (everything would seem more real), so the ideal dream would be that of one that the dreamer was capable of controlling, yet did not know it was a dream?
also,
as a lucid dreamer improves his "dreaming skills", the dream and everything within the dream are more realistic, correct? so after becoming an extremely experienced lucid dreamer, how is it that one will tell that his/her real life is different from a dream? yes, reality checks etc. but it just seems too good to be true. it seems mentally dangerous to me.

but heck, maybe im just paranoid!

any thoughts on the above from experienced lucidreamers?