Welcome! You sound like a knowledgeable person. Always glad to have an experienced lucid dreamer on board.

I also am a little skeptical of your pre-lucid state. I always thought of that as just a low level lucid dream. I always get the JOLT of realization when I am lucid dreaming, for both my lower level and higher level dreams.

Not since the earliest days of my lucid dreaming however, have I feared bodily harm. By your definition then, are all my dreams truly lucid?