I'm new here; brand new, and I had a couple questions. First off, I've been dreaming lucidly for several years due to a dream I had. I had never heard the phrase "lucid dream" until a couple weeks ago, and it surprised me greatly that it had such a large following: everyone I have spoken to usually thinks me strange for dreaming the way I do. I am assuming, from reading other topics, that this makes me a "natural."

My dreams first became lucid during a nightmare I had in which I fought against whatever was happening. Not literally, in the dream fighting, but me in my mind was pushing and forcing the dream to change. It was almost as if I knew that I was dreaming, but couldn't change it. After what seemed like forever of me suspended in the time of my dream, I was able to go back and change it. Ever since then, I have been able to do whatever I want in my dreams.

But here's the thing: when I dreamt that dream, it was painful for me as I changed it. I actually felt physical pain and when I woke up after I had changed the dream, I was crying. After that time I have not felt pain in the lucid dream process. I will, however, feel pain in my dreams. If I get hit in my dream, I feel the pain. If I fall or hurt myself for whatever reason, the pain lingers; even after I'm fully awake.

I want to know: does this happen to anyone else? And why does it happen? It's not that I really want it to stop happening; because I do know how to make myself not feel pain in the dreams, but they always turn out boring. I just want to know if anyone else feels the same.

-MemoriesofTomorrow