Hello. First off I would like to say that most of these people that claim to be gifted at lucid dreaming are mistaken. If you were gifted at something you were born with (in this case, the ability to dream) then you must have been obvserving your natural talent as far back as you can remember. I think most of you that claim to possess this gift actually mean you picked up lucid dreaming really quickly, meaning the exercises worked wonders for you in a short amount of time. I had to make this statement because (as you will soon find out) people claiming natural ability caused me a lot of confusion hen I first started researching this subject.
I am of course new to the practice of lucid dreaming. I am not new to lucid dreaming itself. When I was little (im talking 6 or 7) I had the ability to dream lucidly with the utmost ease. I would have about 95% control of my dreams. Now, after researching the subject, I can safely say that the lost 5% of control was due to my lack of contact with other lucid dreamers. I did not know the tricks of the trade (I encountered the good old loss of flight problem). I was still damn good. Infact I was so good I remember once lying down, not even tired, and instantly constructing my dream world.
I vaguely remember there being speculation at the time concerning a correlation between one’s IQ and one’s abilities in the dream world. Well sure enough, I was scoring higher than everyone on tests with out touching one homework assignment. I am not here to brag though. Towards the beginning of middle school I started to feel my above average control over my dreams slip. Ever since then, I think I have had about 3 lucid dreams. I am 18 now so that is about 3 lucid dreams in the past 5 years. I still achieve god like power in my dreams and have decent recall, but I am not observing the lucidity I once knew like the back of my hand. Now, when I analyze my situation I would assume that there must be some connection (for me) between puberty and lucid dreaming. This is a very sound assumption considering a boy/man’s priorities change from candy to sex during puberty. Another possible answer I think, is that I started playing football and practicing martial arts during middle school. As most of you know, doing most anything physical can have a big effect on your hormone production which in turn can effect your thought priority. Finally, there is one other explanation I thought up. I grew up in a computer-based environment so I was playing games like wolfenstein/doom when other kids were playing mario. At the same time I played mario and sonic. I believe that this gave me the ability to understand the concepts of 2d and 3d at an early age. In essence, I believe I learned the difference between watching a controlled environement and taking part in a controlled enviornemnt at and early age. I wouldn’t have mentioned this computer/video game related theory if i didn’t remember this certain minute detail from one of my lucid dreams during the peak of my lucid dreaming: I ran, took off, started flying normally, I flew really high into the air, but as I approached the ground I realized that what appeared to be buildings from above were just polygonal designs on the ground, everything was flat like the old 80s flight sims.
I present you pros with all of this information so you could answer some questions for me (if you don’t mind 
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Did any of you experience innate ability of that magnitude?
Does it appear I had true natural ability?
Do you think my loss of lucidity is related to puberty, exercise, and/or the 2d/3d concepts?
If what I have described is indeed natural ability, is there anyway I can capitolize on it?
Did any of you have any of the same experiences I did?
Is there really a correlation between brain power and dreaming?
Once again, an answer to any of these would be nice. Thank you for reading my long boring post and wish me luck in rediscovering lucid dreaming.
