Hey.
Let's jump right in. My whole life I have been plagued with nightmares and what I described at exhausting dreams. I felt as though I may as well have not gone to sleep at all. I have also struggled greatly with being able to distinguish my dreams from reality. I still often ask my parents if a certine experience happened to me as a child or things I had done, as recently as age 18. I am 26 now.

I am often very aware of the fact I am dreaming, able to alter the dream and eventually control my fear in the dreams. I have had many recurring dreams that have ended since gaing control over the situations. I have actually been dreaming lucidly and having OBE's ALOT less since I began to conntrol them. This is GREAT to me. They scare me and leave me with a horrible feeling afterwards and still now when I recall them.

I am very happy that I am not crazy. I was starting to wonder.....

Now that I realize that this is "normal" I may take a deeper look and see what it is about...