What's worse? Nightmares or lucid nightmares?

[fOrceez]

By lucid nightmares, i mean ones where you don't feel like you have much control.. look forward to replies Also, explain WHY

[lawilahd]

Probbly regular nightmares simply because you don't know that its a dream so you are actually scared for your life wheras in a lucid nightmare even with little/no control, you still know that nothing around you is actually real and can also wake yourself up if you know how

[Binsk]

Wow, it has been SO long since I last had a nightmare (lucid or not). Hm... I would think a non-lucid would be worse, as it can feel like it is really happening at the moment while in a lucid dream you at least have the knowledge it is only a dream, and the possibility of waking up. However, as it has been so long since I have even had a nightmare, I have forgotten what they are even like. -.-"

[fOrceez]

For me, feelings are probably strong in lucid nightmares. Where i feel just feel scared in a normal nightmare, lucid nightmares with no control are like.. whoa.

[yuppie11975]

I reckon non lucid. Because in a lucid you can control it. And even if you're semi-aware and have no control, you know it's not real! Also, non lucids are REAL as far as you know, and I normally feel intense pain and fear in them Been a while since I've had a nightmare though actually.

[Hukif]

non-lucid, because I like nightmares and thus they are "worse" <.<

[gunsdontwork]

i had a non lucid nightmare last night but i enjoyed it, the whole expierence of fear, and other emotions are so strong. i tried to WBTB when i woke but just fell asleep. the nightmare is my last entry in my DJ.

[Ivan452]

As I mentioned in one other topic I had very scary lucid nightmare as a boy (6-7yo). Someone was always chasing me to hurt me. Basically I knew that I was dreaming, but I could not wake up and had no control. Eventually I realized that if I die inside a dream that I would wake up. So every night as soon as the nightmare would start I would run to the tallest building to jump of it. And it worked every time. I would jump and wake up before I'd hit the ground. But one they actually caught me. Two police officers were dragging me. They were taking me by some fence and in order to wake up I was hitting my head against it. Over and over again until I eventually woke up. Trust me, it was no fun at all. So, I'd pick non-lucid nightmares anytime.

[Puffin]

It's really hard for me to pick, but I'll have to go with lucid. I've had some really bad nightmares while lucid, having no control over the dream as a saw or something came down on my head... Eep. I've only had a few lucid nightmares but that's enough.

[Oneironaut Zero]

I have nightmares pretty often, but I have to go with the non-lucid ones being the scariest. Reason is that, since I was a kid, I've known how to wake myself up when I realize I'm having a nightmare. So even when I don't have a lot of control - referring to the power to manipulate the dream, itself - I can usually just wake myself up as soon as things get too hairy. But when I'm not lucid, I just get dragged along for the ride, and there's nothing I can do about it.

[Puffin]

In my non-lucid nightmares, I always "give up" and curl into a ball when I'm swallowed up by something or if I'm floating in a void, almost as if I'm lucid and that I know I'll eventually wake up. But I'm not lucid in these dreams at all.

[shysweetiepie27]

non lucid for me.since you dont know that its a dream,which makes it worse.i once had a dream in which I had to kill a demon that was attacking me.long story short,i ripped its torso in half and blood spilled all over for me.that was not fun

[Mancon]

Regular nightmares for sure, due to the face that you think it's real when it's happening. In a lucid nightmare at least you know it's a dream.

[Wristblade56]

I don't think i could say. i don't remember ever having a lucid nightmare but i'm pretty sure i'd hate it. in a lucid nightmare you'd be unable to control it, and most likely some ***hole DC is able to. in RL i'm used to not being in charge. in my lucids i can't stand it when a DC (which is a creation of MY mind btw) acts all big and bad and superior. if a DC becomes capable of subduing me in a dream i would most likely wake up angry because a pathetic DC is controlling MY DREAM. then non-lucid nightmares are scary. monsters, phycho killers, tragedies... i can't stand those either. i think it'd depend on which emotion you hate worse: fear or anger.

[divinemission]

I've never had a lucid nightmare, so I'll have to go with non-lucid nightmares. I've had some pretty messed up ones...

[Shinice]

nightmares 'cos you can't do Anything (to protect yourself) about it but to watch

[Naiya]

For me it really depends on the particular dream. In general I'd say that regular nightmares are worse, because you don't know that it won't last forever. I've been through a hell of a lot of pain in lucid nightmares, but at least I have the comfort of knowing that eventually I'll wake up even if I'm unable to at the time. On the other hand, some of my lucid nightmares have been so long and so vivid that I actually questioned whether or not I wasn't just dead or in a coma or something. And that was much worse than a normal nightmare.

[Karlitaki]

i think lucid nightmares are worst.. cus u cant do nothing xD.

[PlanesWalker]

I enjoy these Nightmares, I am grateful to them in a sense. It was because of having Nightmares as a child and forcing myself to wake that I became interested in and aware of Lucid Dreaming. Nowadays I usually don't have Nightmares ,but on the rare occasion that I do it brings me Lucidity. I am forced to fight back against it, and I realize this and become Lucid. Never had a Lucid Nightmare, but I'd have to agree that not knowing your asleep has to be scarier.

[Scionox]

I am with Hukif on that one, especially considering that i have much better recall of them for some reason(i even remember some from my childhood).

[Radioshift]

Although I do agree that most of the time non-lucid dreams are worse, lucid nightmares can be extremely scary because the second one becomes scared, one begins to uncontrollably think of everything horrible and painful that could happen, and because it is a dream, IT HAPPENS.

[FlyingDreams85]

I have only really had non-lucid nightmares... except.... This maybe off topic, but has anyone ever written down the dreams they've had while sick with a high fever? They tend to resemble lucid nightmares in that you know this can't be happening but you can't control it. They also can resemble hallucinations in that you aren't sure if you are awake or asleep... I'm fighting a cold and I had one of these recently that I wrote down. (still need to put it up here though) Has anyone else had these?

[Cinder]

Nightmares happen because you have stress and doubts. Lucid nightmare is worse because it means you are too chickenshit to even do anything about it.

[gogodoll]

for sure non lucids are worse because you will be stuck in it with no power to change the situation until you wake up.