Thread: Afraid of dreams - Sleep Paralysis

I've had a lot of sleep paralysis dreams lately. They're so close to lucidity, because I KNOW I'm dreaming, and yet the fear is still there, even though I know I'm in control. When I finally wake up, I know that if I just try to fall back asleep, a lucid dream will be very likely, but I'm too afraid of the sleep paralysis.

At first, I was afraid just because I saw things in the room - the girl from the Ring coming out of my TV and standing over me, or an alien standing at me and staring from the corner. But lately, I have been more afraid of the pressing feeling on my chest that comes with sleep paralysis, and the feeling of not being able to move. It's so hard, in the middle of the night when sleep is so close, to remember that there's not something medically wrong with me, that I can safely try to have a lucid dream. But sometimes I can't shake the fact that I'm going to die if I go to sleep, because of the breathing issue.

Has anyone had this problem? How did you overcome it?