was i lucid?

I remember when i was younger, In the morning my mom would wake me up, then i would fall back to sleep for a little while. Most of the time i would dream, i knew i was dreaming, but i never tried to control it or change anything because i thought it was just a dream. also, sometimes it was like i was watching my dream as an outside source, as if i was watching myself on t.v.

would that be considered being lucid? if it is, why was it so easy to do it when i was younger, but now im having trouble with it?

If you were dreaming and you knew it, you were lucid. It's probably harder to do it now simply because you're older. Little kids have amazing imaginations because they use them more. As we get older, we don't use our imaginations as much, so they get weaker. The same seems to apply to lucid dreaming.

I used to go back to sleep to finish my dreams when i was younger just for 5 minutes and would get the credits to come up at the end I had some imagination!!!!! and if i had a really good dream i couldnt wait to back to sleep that night to finish it or go back into it...its amazing childrens imaginations, i cant even remember my dreams now there gone from my mind the minute i wake i know im dreaming just blank when i wake.............