Hi and Welcome to Dreamviews!

Is it possible, that your mom was a lucid dreamer, since she knew how to tell the monsters to go away?

Did you lose ability to control dreams after started taking meds? Do you think that could be the reason? Stress may have a negative impact on our dreams also.

Since you are a natural, I'm not gonna point you to noob tutorials, but please do look around, we have lots of interesting topics. Check out the Dream control forum, among others. On top of that page you will find a Dream control tutorial. Looking forward to your posts. Happy dreams