I have a question, why don't I hear about people going to their favorite places like star wars, or living in a different galaxy far far far away. I just hear about people flying and other stuff; Now don't get me wrong, I understand how fun LD can fun with just flying or interacting with others.. Believe me I have had numerous dreams where I wake up angry or sad I couldn't speak to a particular dream character. Just curious if I can do more than just those.
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Thought I would comment on this since this is what got me into lucid dreaming in the first place.
As the other's have said, it does require a huge amount of control in order to fully change the landscape of your dream and that is frustrating. You see people talking about their lucid dream adventures and want to join in, going to Hogwarts, Starwars, or even their own D&D world (that last one is where I would like to go) like it's a piece of cake. And yet, it's a lot harder than it seems sometimes.
I just want to say one thing first - believe in yourself. It may take a while, but, after each lucid dream, you can reflect on it, see what happened in it, and try and pull apart it. I do also want to point out that beginner's luck may be a factor as in my second ever lucid dream, I was in reach of being able to be my favorite light cleric (D&D terms again), but, I lacked experience to fully fledge what I wanted/expected. With that being said, there are factors that may be helping/hurting your chances of successfully allowing this to happen (I am just theorizing from personal experience, so, don't take my word as the full and absolute word).
In multiple videos on Daniel's channel, he says that lucid dreaming may be easier for younger people to do (those under 25 I believe he said in a livestream). This could be why "shifting" is more circulated through teens/pre-teens - it could be because lucid dreaming is easier for them. This would also explain why some people accidentally "shift". This could also explain the accidental "shifts" as the person is lucid dreaming but are in the wrong setting. Another thing I would like to point out is that Daniel has said in a video (maybe a livestream before, can't remember) that shifters may be convinced that they are in another world based on expectation, so, if they expect themselves to wake up in the Ravenclaw common room, their brain may be more likely to assume that they will based on the expectation that it's another universe.
Again, this is all theories as no one knows exactly how the brain functions. In my second lucid dream, my brain was firing in different directions and I wasn't able to become my character, but, in a later lucid dream, I became him in an instant! Also, I'm in the same boat that I would much rather be able to manipulate the dream around me than to wake up and remember a non-lucid dream about something vaguely related to Hogwarts, but, think of that as getting closer to your goal! I have dreams where I'm my character and I remember those dreams fondly as I was, in an essence, in what I wanted to happen. Also, they make for some great dream retelling!
What I'm saying is don't give up on it. My second lucid dream - the one where I was so close to my goal - happened months ago, but, I've gain a slight bit of experience so when that opportunity comes around again, I'll be ready to finally shoot fireballs out of my hands. It may take a while but even with my failure, it was still a success that I managed that control and that I was lucid in the first place. You got this!