Hi! I'm a 15 year old who (like many, I'm sure) recently saw Inception and was intrigued. A few of my friends got me thinking about lucid dreaming while talking about it, and so I looked it up. I was surprised to find that it isn't just a self-aware dream, but a dream that can be completely controlled; I have to try it. I started my dream journal last night, recording two dreams I had in a nap (though I didn't remember any from last night).

I had thought I had a lucid dream once about a year ago, but now that I know what they really are I realize that couldn't be the case. I had a reasonable amount of control over what was going on, even bending physics, but I was still unaware that I was dreaming.

Also: is it possible to have a dream in which you know you're dreaming but you can't control it? I feel like I've had a few in years past in which I just realized I was dreaming but didn't go lucid.