PLENTY of times when I am dreaming, I realize I’m dreaming. Not because of a reality check, or because something seems out of the ordinary- I can just feel the difference. I would even make comments to myself during the dream like “Oh, good thing this is a dream!”
This may seem like a really cool gift, but here’s the catch- I have no desire to become lucid. I have tried MILD and WILD to no avail. Somehow, it doesn’t pop into my mind that I should try to be lucid.
I feel the difference too- it’s how I get most of my LDs.
moogle is right on both counts.
Something else I do though, when I have low motivation, I read what people do in lucid dreams in the Lucid Adventures section. It makes me want to LD all over again.