I have just found this site and I have had no one else to discuss this with, because everyone else i have talked with about it has never experienced it. I had my first lucid dream about 7 years ago, I immediately woke myself up, I did not have another one for several months, and with that one I managed to stay asleep and manipulate the entire dream, (like in the matrix) Since then I have only had about four other lucid dreams, but in each one I have been able to maintain awareness and control. Has anyone else had this type of experience so early on their discovery of this ability?