Hi,

I'm new to this site but I am so glad that I found it because just reading it over the past couple of days, I now feel like there are not only other people out there like me, but I am NOT crazy. I have always had really vivid dreams and always been able to recall them pretty well. I usually can remember three dreams a night (and I know a lot of people say we actually just dream one long continuous dream but I can generally remember at least three different scenes) about 3-4 nights a week. I have also in the past three years started having sleep paralysis, although when the first couple of times it happened I had no idea what it was and thought I must be goin crazy. When I told people what was happening, including my husband, he didn't understand and just looked hella confused. So I started doin research on the symptoms of what was happening to me and found stuff on google but nothing like what I've found here. In the last few days since finding this site, I'm seein that the buzzing sound I hear or what sounds like wind in my ear when I slip into this state (usually fighting it the whole way) is something a lot of you have experienced too and something you use to work for you.

Hopefully one day I can work past the initial fear of what feels like my soul is bein taken over so that maybe I can turn it into a positive situation instead of such a scary one.

But now after all that, here is my question: like i said before i've always had very vivid dreams but none where i felt i was doing anything more than just watching; in lucid dreams do you feel like you do when you're awake? I've been reading a lot of people's experiences on here and I was just wondering how it feels. I hope that makes sense. Thanks to anyone who reads this rambling and responds.