hi fellow dreamers!

what inspired me to join this website and get into lucid dreaming was actually right after i watched the movie "Inception" for the first time ( i watched it a few days ago and yes, i was VERY late). the concept of the movie just blew my mind and it got me all hyped up about lucid dreaming. In my past, i had somewhat had lucid dreaming before. When i was younger (im 14 now), i had this stage where i would constantly have nightmares day after day. This continued for about a month or 2 and it was a struggle sleeping. but i remember that i had gotten so used to the nightmares, that i would know when the "scary moment" of the dream was going to happen (right before something pops out or kills me, etc), and i gained the ability to wake myself up at will. in the dream, i would picture certain images from reality (for ex: my dining table, idk why lol) and would just instantly wake up. But after my constant nightmares had gone away, i had no longer needed the ability, so it wore off. now, i want to learn how to lucid dream lika pro and experience the AWESOME feeling of being able to control my own dream! i know it wont be easy, but itd be great if anyone out there could help me out. thank you!