u/Consistent-Disk1886

Hi, I'm new to the community but I generally get realistic, high intensity dreams where I can feel or smell and think about what's happening. I saw things about knowing you're in a dream and waking yourself up from a dream, but I've never experienced that before, never also acknowledged I'm in a dream. I usually just move with whatever's happening, I am not in control of most elements of my dreams and it leads to a sort of end and I wake up, not sure if I wake up right after or sometime later. Some dreams are horrible and it's possibly better to wake up. How do I do this?! Can someone help me out?