Due to a recent round of lucid dreams I did a search and found this site. So now I have signed up, here is my story.
I have always had good dream recall from way back and dreams are among my earliest memories. When I was 3-4 years old I went thru a nightmare phase. I will save the details for another forum but result was often waking up screaming and having my parents come in to calm me down. At some point during this time I discovered by becoming aware it was dream that I could take corrective action. At first by escaping, often to another dream and later by taking more direct action. I would continue to have these awakening dreams as I grew up but whenever I would try to explain them to people I could tell they didn't really understand. It was while in my late 20s that I learned there actully was something called lucid dreaming and I began to study and learn more about it. This was pre-internet and it was not easy to find much info. In the long run I learned much on my own but up til now have not really connected with others doing the same.
So now I am now 51 years and having just found this site, will save the rest of the story for another time.