@Bat Andrea That has happened to me once or twice in my life, but I have never become aware of the dream enough to call it lucid dreaming. I realize I am dreaming but then continue immersed on whatever plot the dream is presenting me.

@Nanook Wow that's quite a story. You're lucky that you were able to experience that. Do you have any idea of what might have changed so that you didn't have those dreams again? How is your REM sleep? working properly? (And yes, I should have directed the question to the humans of the Fediverse. Good point).

@KAOS I'm curious. If they are lucid, how can you not remember them? (i.e. How do you know they were lucid if you don't remember them?) Is it that you wake up knowing you were lucid dreaming, but can't remember what you experienced? And yes, the training part is a drag. I've read that people wake themselves up in the middle of the night (really wake themselves, not just eyes open, but full-on awakening) only to go back to sleep again directly to REM without having to go through Deep sleep. Apparently that increases your chances of going into the dream conscious. But I have too few hours of sleep. Wouldn't want to have even less.

If they are lucid, how can you not remember them? (i.e. How do you know they were lucid if you don’t remember them?) Is it that you wake up knowing you were lucid dreaming, but can’t remember what you experienced?

I did remember them better right after waking up, but the memory later faded and now I can't tell you about concrete dreams anymore. And in hindsight, I also don't know how long they felt. Maybe the biggest part of the dreams where non-lucid and they only became lucid shortly before I woke up? I really don't know.
At the moment, I just remember that there have been several of these moments in dreams when I thought, "ah right, I'm just dreaming, so I can just ignore this problem" or something like that.

@KAOS oooh ok, if you got to the stage of reshaping, then that's clearly some advanced lucid-dreaming stuff. Even if it lasts only a short time, you have one foot on the pond already. That's so cool. And interesting how waking up seems almost the "punishment" your brain applies when you become aware. Like: "Hey! You're not supposed to become aware! You broke the rule of dreaming! Dream cancelled. Awake now!". I wonder why that is, since I've heard it from other people too.
And yes, I know exactly what you mean about motherhood. I always had a strange mix of deep sleep, easiness to fall asleep, but also I am able to wake up quite easily when, for example, my daughter calls me at night. That hasn't affected my dreams though. I can even dream when I am tired and just close my eyes for a few seconds. Dreaming comes very naturally to me, just to he conscious part =/

@Nanook Could you point me to the source of dreaming while in deep sleep? I've never read about that. Thanks!