i think most people here, including the OP, misunderstand what a lucid dream is.
in a lucid dream you are fully aware that you are dreaming, and thus are in full control over everything in the dream. you can change, create or make disappear everything in the dream with a thought, because you are aware of the fact that you are actually asleep.
interesting stories though, even though most of them are not lucid dreams really.
darkmind35 said:
I heard somewhere that lucid dreaming is actually going to ease nightmares. If you encounter some evil monster, don't run away. Instead warmly hug and sex up with it(I'm not joking). Your mind does the rest in turning the evils away.
But to OPs story:
I thought the sole purpose of lucid dreaming was killing, raping and pillaging. To do things and experience emotions that you would never have in real life. Same as games, porn or anything else non-real for that matter. It's not real so no worries.
Anyways I have tried to achieve lucidity myself, but haven't succeeded (at least I don't remember doing so) yet. Any tips or tricks from someone experienced?
it's true. i first heard about and learned how to do lucid dreaming when in therapy for chronic nightmares. works really well.
as for tips: if you have experience with meditation techniques of any sort, you could try wake induced lucid dreaming. it's harder to achieve but pretty much considered the holy grail of the whole ordeal. there are several techniques, you can easily find many online.
personally i have had better success with sleep induced. i perform a number of so called reality checks during my day. the theory behind that is that when you accustom yourself to certain routines you are likely to also perform them when dreaming, and thus realize: "holy shit, this is a dream!"
there are several possible checks. pinching yourself is a very classic one. holding your nose closed and checking if you are still able to breathe. looking at your hand and counting your fingers (in dreams you will have an odd number or changing fingers most of the time). try to read something (in dreams letters will most of the time appear as strange symbols). there are many more, those are a few that work for me. it's important that before you check you take a few seconds to convince yourself that you are dreaming right now. otherwise you will just routinely breeze over the checks and pass them, even in dreams.
if you indeed remember to perform a check in-dream, and you achieve lucidity, it's very likely that from your exitement and irritation everything will instantly collapse and you will wake up. don't be discouraged, you have to keep trying.
hope some of that helps.