So glad i found this community! when i was a kid, i thought i was the only one who could do this.

it first started when i was 5. i had a dream where i was riding a tricycle in my daycares outside sidewalk with other kids. for some reason i came to realize i was in a dream. i turned and started to figure it out with my dream friend.

Me: "You know you are in my dream right now right?"
Dream friend: "Really? thats cool"

then i woke up

since then i've had lucid dreams every now and again. since around highschool though, i've completely gone backwards. i thought i wasnt dreaming but i guess i just wasnt remembering at all that i was dreaming. just recently i started to focus and sure enough i'm remembering 1-3 dreams per night.

i have started a dream journal and i'm starting to remember my dreams (they are pretty weird). i cant go lucid yet though.

something i do have is extreme focus. i always know whether i am dreaming or not. it comes really easy for me. also, when i start to wake, i realize it and if i focus, i can flow back into the dream land. sometimes its only for a little bit because my body is waking and sometimes i fully fall back but the point is i can get there.

what should i really focus on from here? i want to be able to fully control and enjoy my dreams.

also i want to know if dreams mean anything? who are these random people i have never seen before? why do some dreams feel prophetic like something is going to happen and its a warning?