Greetings!

I have only heard about lucid dreaming yesterday and it sounds really fascinating. I have always wanted to have my own little "playground". I may have done some lucid dreaming in the past but not remember how I became "lucid" and controlled my dreams, therefore I came to this forum in hopes that maybe I can learn a thing or two about lucid dreaming. Because I am new to the forums and lucid dreaming, I have some questions, which are mainly about lucid dreaming, since I already know how a forum is run. BTW I am aware of how the search feature works, for some reason my really bad computer won`t show any results. (You don't HAVE to answer the questions, a simple hello or a "Welcome!" is fine. These are just questions I would like to know the answers to.)

1. When you are lucid in your dreams how real are objects within the dream? Like, if I were to touch a flower in my dream would it be the same as touching a flower in real life?

2. In the dream world, would you see yourself through your own eyes? or some at some other sort of angle?

3. How long should it take before you have your first lucid dream?

4. How real is the world itself? Like is it exactly the same as looking at the world while awake or would everything look somewhat altered?

5. (Almost similar to question 1) Are the 5 senses available to you in the dream world?

6. How long are most lucid dreams? and how long are lucid dreams when you first start out?

7. At what age would you recommend lucid dreaming to?

8. Are there any dangers to lucid dreaming? Like are there some sort of side effects? Could you die?

9. (And finally...) Let's say you fall off a building. Before you hit the ground would you wake up? or would you continue the fall and end up in heaven?

Sorry for so much questions, but I am really curious. Hopefully my questions will be answered by those who have been through a lucid dream (which is practically everybody on this forum). Thanks for reading and I hope to one day get my first lucid dream!

Oh BTW... I am 15 years old, male, live in Canada, and I am totally single.