I was just thinking, there's been a lot of talk lately about nightmares and subsequently anxiety dreams. I'm not sure if you use the same terminology that I do, so for clarification, here are my two main definitions:

Nightmare: a dream where strong, negative emotions do not dissipate upon waking, often causing the person to not want to fall back asleep.

Anxiety dream: a dream where strong (often negative) emotions are felt, but dissipate upon waking.

With anxiety dreams, there's nothing in particular that seems to trigger them. Personally, mine usually involve me being chased or doing something that would go against my morals. Those things don't usually happen when I'm awake, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how one could become lucid during an anxiety dream? Nightmares are usuall blatantly obvious, but with ADs (if I may coin the abbreviation) there's usually that thought of "it could happen."

So, what do you think. Are there things one could do while awake to be prepared for anxiety dreams.

-Ame