Almost every night sometimes more than once a night I have lucid dreams. Sometimes I do not even want to be lucid completely in dreams. I realize it is a dream but I don't want control. Like today I had a very interesting dream. I wanted to explore it rather than control it. Funny thing is, is that during the dream (which also lasted long - 10-15 minutes) I did look around just to see how realistic it looked. But since aliens were taking over the planet I decided to stay in the dream. It was a fun one. I eventually did make it away. I was running town a familar street with two others after our bikes failed on us. Well, they were bikes we found somewhere that we took. That was a few blocks back.

Well, I guess I can try to start from the beginning. Since this dream was longer I do not remember it as well. And I did not try to recall it in the morning. If I would have I could tell you the whole thing in detail.

From what I can remember I was on the edge of some hill and there was water at the bottom of it. I saw people I knew from my past around me. We were playing some sort of game. I was making money at it for winning. Well, eventually I left that area and came to a gas station I think. I was with one other person. He or she (i forgot) went inside to buy some stuff. I pulled out a bundle of money I had with me. At that point I noticed it was a dream. So I decided to look around and stuff. I saw some people. Everything I noticed looked real. I did not want to disrupt the dream so I left my lucid state and went back into dream mode. Well, I was standing outside the door to the gas station and I noticed a trash can. It was a metal one with a metal lid. About 4 feet tall. Well, something green started to come up from inside of it. There were little slimy sort of things sticking up. Around that point my friend told me not to look at them. We both picked up some bikes and left. We were going down a street sort of. The street is hard to describe. It was more like a parking lot with curves in it. But it was dark and dirty looking like an ally. Well, I noticed green slimy stuff on the ground. That was us being attacked appearently. We looked at it and kept going avoiding the stuff. I told my friend about a place I knew from another dream that we could go to. It was about 8 blocks away from where I was. (yes many of my dreams sort of connect to each other) There was a store about 2 blocks from us. We went to there. The place was on fire. I tried to go in to see if I could salvage anything. I could not so we left and when we crossed the street still heading for my place we lost our bikes. We started running on foot trying to get there and I woke up.

Well, I slept 14 hours that night so I could not go back to sleep. That night I decided to take a sleeping aid. I have only taken one twice in my life. I took about twice the amount. It said it may cause nightmares. Allthough that was not one it still was a long dream. I think they may help. Only problem is that they are addictive so I won't take anymore.

Well, you are wondering how I have such vivid and often lucid dreams. I could actually type here and write for hours just telling you of my dreams. I would say I have developed it over time. I did not start having lucid dreams till maybe a few years ago. I am 19 now. I did not start having many dreams till I was about 10 or so. I had them when I was like 5, but not as many. And those were less vivid. I suppose I can't really tell you how to have lucid dreams. First step is trying to remember dreams. I think that becoming lucid then staying in the dream will make them last longer. Heck, it may have just been the sleeping aid. And if you are able to become lucid but not often, all I can say is to sleep 10-12 hours a night. I don't go to school or work so I can do that. Many cannot. The more you sleep the better rested your body is so the more you dream. The more you dream the more likely you are to become lucid.

Btw, sleeing aids are good once in a while if you do not get enough sleep. Take them on a friday. I took 4 tylonol PM. Well, I have lots of energy today from sleeping so much. Too bad I don't have any tests to take.

Well, good luck dreaming.