I don't know if this should belong in the sub-forum concerning induction methods for lucid dreaming, since this is more about inducing nightmares. I am being serious here. It's not something I want people thinking I'm joking about. My dreams are often mundane. I might get a strange dream every now and then, but nothing out of the ordinary. No monsters, no magical world, no rabbits with chicken legs and a clock for a face. Nothing like that. Just plain, boring dreams.

So, it seems to me that people who have experienced nightmares found a way of overcoming these by somehow realizing they're dreaming. Hence lucid dreaming. I don't know if these nightmares were recurring nightmares, or if by "recurring" they mean it's always a nightmare, but something always different. Sometimes it makes me think if I experience nightmares, I'll figure out that I am dreaming and take control of the situation.

I'm curious and I'm asking here since this is a message board about dreams: Is there a way to induce nightmares? I don't care if it's something I need to eat before bed, something I should watch before bed, something I should listen to before bed, just as long it's not a supplement or something like that.