hi, i just discovered the idea of lucid dreaming a few days ago.... so for the past few days i have had dreams where i try to perform a reality check to gain control of the dream. however, i cant seem to take control to do the actual reality check. i have been doing them throughout the day in the real world, as long as keeping a dream journal.

but when i am in my dream, i act as if it is real life, but with no control. it is almost like watching a movie. i know i am new to this and need to practice more, but maybe someone has some pointers for me to get me going in the right direction?


and i also have a few questions that i would like answered:
while in a lucid dream, can you just do anything you want like in real life, or is it still random? and do you have all 5 senses or is it more like a video game?

i would really like to start lucid dreaming soon, but im not sure if i am doing it right...