New here...always been a lucid dreamer.
So maybe I am lucky but ever since I was a kid I taught myself how to do this. It started with bad dreams (I lived In a haunted house) and to wake up I made myself shake my head in my dream and it would wake me up. My dad would tell my bedtime stories about flying and then in my dreams I taught myself to fly whenever I wanted. I could make myself prettier if I wanted because I never thought much of my looks...I could cast spells on people, use magic, make things appear, people appear, go wherever I wanted. These dreams haven't happened in a while :( I can never seem to get lucid anymore. I have had anxiety the past few years and take medications and this may be the cause. I hope to be lucid again because I had it down perfectly for so long, almost every single night. It is a truly amazing feeling.
And I have to say that after reading some posts I don't know how I become lucid in my dreams I just do. It became so second nature to me at one point. I could even fly to the stars. The highest feeling you will ever know. I hope everyone gets the chance to feel this control some time in their life it is truly amazing.