I've had a little over thirty lucid dreams, but it was only last week I had my first lucid nightmare. In my dream I became lucid in a store, and walked outside. Two men grabbed me, and another came up with a knife. He stabbed me in the stomach over and over again. I couldn't do a thing. Even though I've looked for nightmares in lucid dreams before, all of what I usually do, accepting and loving whatever it is, flew from me. I was helpless. And it's been a struggle for me to go for a lucid now. I've stopped ADA and MILD, which were my main methods to get a lucid dream. I've also stopped my dream journal. My lucid nightmare just took away all of my excitement, and I'm a little nervous it will happen again. I've even been staying up late to lessen my chances of a lucid dream. It was only today that I realized this. I kept giving excuses to myself for what I was doing. Can anyone help me on this? Please. I don't want to give up lucid dreaming, but it shook me to have this happen