You see, that is the thing. You always dream, you always have to dream. Your brain has to be doing something at all times. When you realize that it actually isn't that hard to influence, or even create new dreams completely. When I had realized that, it was really simple to figure out how to conrol them. You just have to know that you will always dream, and that you also have to look for signifies, such as clocks not moving, or seeing things that you know can't be there. Such as for me, it is always my friend (wish it could be more) Emily, and she says, "Hey Konnor, want to go home?"
See, that is what is my main signifies, I know that her and I do not live together.
So that is it, just realize you always dream, and find the thing that signifies it is a dream. That is all there is to it.