I’ve always had strange dreams, pretty much everytime I sleep. I remember dreams almost every night now, but I still cann’t become lucid in them. I’ve had two LD that I remember, in which both were about 10 seconds. I would always become overwhelmed by the lucid feeling and just wake up. I just can’t get it anymore.
Start doing reality checks throughout the day.
Do you use any of the techniques posted on this forum?
Try MILD or WILD in combination with WBTB.
That your first LDs were that short is normal this happened to most of us and as soon as you had a few more LDs this shouldn’t be a problem. In the beginning rubbing hands helped me to make my dreams last longer.
My magic ball thingie says you will have many lucid dreams 
I too had very short LD’s in the begining. After a little bit of practice and time, I have had LD’s that last up to half and hour! I agree with Nightshade, rubbing your hands helps alot to maintain lucidity.
But as for having strangeD dreams, I do too! You should try looking for reocurring dream themes. As in: Do you often find yourself in a certain place during your dreams? Accociate that place with your dreams (everytime you think about it do an RC!) so next time you end up their you’ll do a reality check. . . .I suppose that’s all the advice I can offer at the moment, PM me anytime.
Hi jonabong! What technique are you using?