I have recently had 2 very short lucid dreams. I haven't been interested in lucid dreams very long, i don't have a reality check, i don't know my dream signs. In my first lucid dream i became lucid because i was flying and it was something i really wanted to do in my lucid dreams. I was above this snowy wilderness environment, and during the dream i couldn't remember what I had planned to do when i became lucid. So i was flying around for a short time and then for no reason at all i flew straight up into the air and like a plane stalled out fell backwards, and had a false awakening. I don't remember trying to fly straight up, it just happened. I am positive i was lucid during this. When I had my false awakening I woke up and just sat up to look at my clock but it wasn't there. It only lasted like 2 seconds before i actually woke up and i was terrified because i didn't believe in false awakenings.
The second lucid dream was a wake induced one where i was focusing on the street i grew up on. It felt like i stepped into this visual picture and i turned around to see what would happen and 2 of my friends were there, but i only remember who one of them was. I again didn't try to prolong the dream or do anything else, i just made a shooting gesture with my hands at one of my friends and woke up.
It seems like I'm reaching this half lucid state where I realize I'm dreaming but I don't have full control of my actions. It's confusing because i remember doing somethings like examining the landscape in the first dream but then my body does things I don't tell it to do. I hear about how people have these amazing lucid dreams and I'm just angry with my experience so far. I'm just looking for some advice about what I should try.