But I've had dreams when I was younger that, when I woke up from them, I would very briefly be convinced they were real. Usually the ones you really *want* to be real, like winning the lottery.

Ah, yeah, that.

damn that's a tall order

I used to have dreams where flying was no issue whatsoever. But over the past decade or so, they've more often been hop-gliding dreams.

but I guess personal flight is too

Hell yeah.

I'd give anything to be able to fly.

I had exactly ONE Lucid Nightmare

Ugh, sounds bad.

most rare kind as far as I can tell

I have plenty of false awakening dreams too

I could count the number of nightmares I've ever had on, like, two or three fingers.

most of my false awakening dreams involve me going to school or work, mostly work, im 29

sometimes im trying to come home

The most recent was this year, but calling that a nightmare would be quite generous. It was more like an unsettlingly dark dream.

I'm 39.

that one lucid nightmare was just a regular nightmare until I obviously realized I was dreaming

so I tried my best to imagine some heavy weapons and start shooting back at the raptors chasing me through the commieblocks

ooo

Yeah, I've never been able to actively change my dreams, to my knowledge.

oh yeah

also dreams where you harness power or use weapons

most of them involve harnessing lightning

Usually the only time I can do that is during that special time of morning, when you're still half asleep and the dream is continuing in your semiconscious mind.

staring with intent at distant objects only for them to get struck by freaky lightning

the thunder from those still spook the fuck out of me

Jedi powers.

If I fight in a dream, it's usually something not unlike that.

I can dream at any hour soo long as the sleep is restful

although

Yeah, same.

I've had periods of 2 to 3 years in my early 20's with zero dreams of any kind

then a bout of nightmares

In most dreams, I'm not myself. Rather, I'm some sort of character in a story.

then a bout of lucid dreams

I'm always myself in mine

Of course, I've legitimately had moments in dreams that inspire plot points in stories I'm writing.

this one person had sound advice

get a giant piece of paper with your living area/city/state/continent

and start mapping your dreams