Lucid Dreams

Apparently, a lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that they are dreaming. The dreamer can then actively participate in and often manipulate the imaginary experiences in the dream environment.

Until recently, I'd never heard of this concept. Ever since I was a teenager, I've been having dreams where I have been aware of the fact that I was dreaming. And sometimes I would choose to wake up in order to prevent something bad from happening to me. I thought this was normal and didn't realise that not everyone could do this.

I've also long had the ability to continue dreams if they'd been interrupted and to remember conversations and details from my dreams. Some of my best dreams have been the funny ones where I've woken up laughing and continued to laugh at the funny events throughout the day.

But now that I realise that this is some kind of 'talent' and that people actually strive to achieve this, I should probably try to take it to the next level and try to actually manipulate the dream world. This could be fun!