Thread: When did you start lucid dreaming?

I have always suffered from sleep paralysis and crazy hypnagogic hallucinations. I didn't make the connection to lucid dreaming until I was about 12 or 13, after exploring astral projection. It all sort of "clicked" in the beginning of high school.

I've been lucid dreaming since I was around 8, and like many others, perfectly timed with the original release of A Nightmare On Elm Street. Freddy was pretty much making almost pee the bed every night. Finally took care of him when my mom's "voice" kept telling me it wasn't real and it grew from there. I don't know much about these "levels" that people are talking about, but from my 25 years of experience, when I'm in top mode I can fully mainupulate anything and everything in the dream.

But those that have been doing it a long time know that it can get stronger and weaker throughout the dream. There are some parts that are easily manipulated like wiping away clouds or calming a giant tidal wave. Other's are harder like creating a door that leads you to God on the other side. I haven't managed that one yet haha. It takes a lot of practice and my "brain" actually got smarter as I got smarter about dealing with the dreams. If a mountain lion got my arm, next time I'd fly away, then I had have the same dream I'd fly away, the lion would grow wings. Damnest thing about lucid dreaming...you get better, but so does the "scenario creating" part.