Just had my first proper lucid dream

[Mr.Obvious]

You know, i'm not really sure i. Believe in lucid dreams. I'm willing to believe, without question, that in Some dreams people believe they have control over their dreams. I've had dream where i realized i was dreaming. But did i really realize it, or was i dreaming that i realized it and had, for that fleeting moment, control? And how could we differentiate between having control in a lucid dream or dreaming that we are lucid dreaming?

I understand you could be skeptical if you've never experienced one, cos it does sound kind of wooish, but if you're interested in any of the research on it, the book I mentioned above describes it... where for instance the dreaming research subjects have a pre-arranged signal... moving their eyes... to inform the researcher that they're in the lucid dream state; so that's people under clinical observation sleeping, communicating with the outside world from within the dream state, using the limited physical actions available to them in that state. That demonstrates at least the lucid part... of having wakeful lucidity in the dream state because it not only requires a conscious decision to make that attempt to communicate, but also requires remembering something from waking life... ie the pre-arranged signal. But as to the actual control over the content of the dream, I guess that's not something that can be as easily demonstrated, so again, if you're skeptical, I guess it's something you won't truly believe until you experience it for yourself. All I know is that it's the coolest thing in the world to me, but I understand you can't take my word for it

Oh no, i've had one or two. I just couldn't tell if they were truly lucid or if i dreamt i was having a lucid dream. Iffen that makes sense