Until half a year ago I had maybe 2-3 spontaneous lucid dreams. They were not very special, except the last one.
It was very vivid and I could clearly remember it. When I woke up I was very excited and immediately typed something like "when you know you are dreaming" into google.
That's how I learned the proper term - Lucid Dreaming.

I started researching the topic on internet, practicing different techniques. About 4 months ago I was very excited to have my first, properly initiated lucid dream.
Since then I had maybe 8 lucid dreams (about 2 per months). Only the DILD technique woks for me currently, except once.
At that one time I realized I was probably dreaming, but woke up immediately before doing a reality check. But somehow I wished myself back within a few seconds and I knew I was dreaming. Still did a reality check to make sure.

I hope to master the WILD technique soon.