Hey there,
I'm glad I've finally found a forum about lucid dreaming because I doubted there is any on the net. So, let me introduce myself. My first lucid dream was when I was a kid (maybe 13 years) and it was so clear I was in a shock because I didn't know how it is possible to have so vivid dream. Lately I'm having lucid dreams like every second night and some of them are Very clear ones - as the same as reality. I DON'T do any drugs, alcohol or smoking, by the way. It came to me pretty naturaly. I can control my dreams, often I just let the dream just "flow" and wait what happens next. I had a few dreams which were clearer and more vivid than reality - which was very fascinating. I think this is quite enough for the introduction.

My first question (of many) is: Is it possible to say my name in the lucid dream? So far I tried in the middle of saying my name something stopped me from doing it and I felt like my head was gonna explode or something like that. It was pretty weird...

And the second one: How is it possible in the lucid dream to see a place I've never been to, or to see faces of people I've never seen before? It's pretty amazing!