Following on from a thread I started where I had a dream about having a lucid dream I am wondering how a real LD feels.

I always imagined that it felt like you are actually there. In my normal dreams, I guess they are like watching a recording where it unravels before your eyes (best I can describe it). Occasionally I have had a dream which has felt so real, where you felt like it really happened, like you were really there, although they were still "recordings".

From what I've read, Lucid Dreams are like this, except you know you are in your mind in a dream and can do anything (when you have full control). Is it like being in real life, where you can really "touch" stuff, and if it wasn't for the fact crazy things were happening it would be real life? When you wake up, does the memory feel different to the memory of a normal dream?

It's really hard to explain what I mean, but I hope you kind of understand. I am just asking as since starting out trying to attain lucidity, even though I have dreamt about being Lucid, I don't think I was and everything still felt like a dream, it wasn't exciting or anything. I think now I'm kind of confused, as I feel if I am dreaming about being lucid but not actually being lucid, how do I make the next step!