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Originally Posted by jessica1991

Hello! I'm Jessica and I registered here to figure out actually how to prevent lucid dreams rather than keep them going. I'm hoping to find some help here. I've tried everything else besides going through with a sleep study, which I'm avoiding at all costs.

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Some of the things in this thread are exactly like what I've been experiencing since I was 4 years old. My first ones were about spiders and poisonous bugs, but now they range from purple bendy straws to demon children. No matter what the image, I'm equally terrified of them all for no reason. I even know it's a dream now, but I still get up screaming and don't lose that fear until I turn on the light. There's one in particular that scared me more than any of them I ever experienced. A few months back, I woke up from a dead sleep to see peanuts perfectly lined in an arch coming from my floor and into my eyes. I told myself it was a night terror (I really don't know what else to call them unless you guys classify it as a lucid dream?), so I calmly just watched the peanuts fly into my eyes. Then behind the arch of peanuts, a dark figure of a man appeared. Then in front of him, a little blonde headed girl appeared. She smiled and opened her mouth wide to reveal really sharp teeth and her face turned into a demon-like face. She tilted her head and froze and started floating towards me with the peanuts. I screamed and jumped up to turn my light on and everything was gone. The next night, I was afraid to go to sleep, but ended up drifting off anyway as woke up to the same exact dream except this time, instead of peanuts, it was strawberries. Is this a lucid dream or am I experiencing something totally different? I have at least 5 of these a week and I'm losing an incredible amount of sleep.

Welcome Jessica1991.
I used to be tormented in the same way. The day I woke up after having my first night without continuous nightmares and incapacitating fear was a happy day. I can't remember the last time I had a bad dream, but I did have a relapse one time recently of a nasty vivid daydream on auto pilot. Anyway I applied the same principles to it and got it out of my head.
No need to despair, we can get control of our minds if we approach it in the right way.
Look forward to seeing you around the forum
If you have any questions there are lots of smart people around who are more than willing to answer.
Cheers
LP

Hi jessica, welcome.

Oh my :O You want to prevent having lucid dreams! Although that is a sad idea, I can respect how you feel about it, especially if it has been giving you trouble and discomfort. Take note though, that just as lucidity can bring you nightmares, it can also be an outlet for you to turn the dream around and face your dreams.

I suggest you look around the site, especially the Dream Control part of the forum. You just might find creative ideas to turn those nightmares around and end up enjoying your lucid dreams. As for you question, it seems like some of them were, in fact, lucid since you mentioned you knew they were dreams while you were having them.

Good luck!

Welcome to Dreamviews!

That is a unique request. But hopefully something here will help you figure it out. Good luck.

Hello Jessica i am Joshua Brown new in this forum i am 25 years old and i found this forum really interesting.