I've always had very vivid dreams, but in the past I would only become lucid immediately before waking (it was very annoying if the dream was particularily interesting). These days I can often realise I am dreaming (though not be fully aware of what that means) and use this knowledge to change things and give myself powers I normally wouldn't have (flight, invisibility etc). I can occasionally go back into non-lucid dreaming after a lucid interval, but usually I still wake up shortly after I gain awareness, no matter how hard I fight it.
Sometimes I recognise places in my dreams from previous ones. I've never seen the place in real life (or cannot remember it), but it seems familiar in my sleep. I also remember other places and events in my dreams as if they were real-life memories during my dreams, whilst only having a vague recollection of my waking life.
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