Don’t know if this counts but I sort of can affect and notice dreams without being really lucid in the sense of clearly knowing it’s a dream. It feels more like I somehow believe everything is real but I’m having superpowers (like becoming a superhero), and I would use the powers in ways that make sense in the dream setting, instead of being my waking self and consciously choosing what I want to dream of next. As a kid, I noticed I could often fly when chased by enemies in my dreams, and later I could do more kinds of things in my dreams just by willing it, perhaps as a result of consuming too many scifi or fantasy books and games. And I noticed some recurrent patterns in my dreams, like places that don’t exist in real life but dreaming-me believe to be my school or hometown. Sometimes I get a strange sense of “I dreamed of this before” when I somehow feel like I have had the same or similar dreams as I’m having now, but without really realizing that I’m dreaming or remembering who I am in waking life. Then I subconsciously know I can do these things, or can focus on seeing and memorizing more of the dream world (if it was interesting) so I can write it down after waking up.
Don’t know if this counts but I sort of can affect and notice dreams without being really lucid in the sense of clearly knowing it’s a dream. It feels more like I somehow believe everything is real but I’m having superpowers (like becoming a superhero), and I would use the powers in ways that make sense in the dream setting, instead of being my waking self and consciously choosing what I want to dream of next. As a kid, I noticed I could often fly when chased by enemies in my dreams, and later I could do more kinds of things in my dreams just by willing it, perhaps as a result of consuming too many scifi or fantasy books and games. And I noticed some recurrent patterns in my dreams, like places that don’t exist in real life but dreaming-me believe to be my school or hometown. Sometimes I get a strange sense of “I dreamed of this before” when I somehow feel like I have had the same or similar dreams as I’m having now, but without really realizing that I’m dreaming or remembering who I am in waking life. Then I subconsciously know I can do these things, or can focus on seeing and memorizing more of the dream world (if it was interesting) so I can write it down after waking up.