i have been what i can only describe as lucid dreaming for as long as i can remember. i have never heard of it till about two months ago. I think it affects my reality. sometimes i don't know whether or not things are happening. To be honest i have started to prefer dreaming to reality i feel like the people i create in my dreams actually understand me and how lonely i actually feel. i have lots of friends some closer than others but i never feel i can talk to them about anything, my dreams give me that comfort. while in school i often begin to day dream, distorting my reality from my view of the room to better suit my comfort. though when brought out of it i feel even more depressed. in the end i find that perhaps i want to just keep dreaming. rather than face the reality of the world. being a 17 year old student in my last year of high school its getting harder and harder to socialize with people because i find them all so material and shallow. does anyone else find that lucid dreaming can distort your perception on reality when in everyday situations?