Thread: Attacked by DC!

Hello fellow dreamers!

I'm a guy from Bergen, Norway (anyone else from the area?) that is fairly new to LD and have been trying actively to have LDs for about 5 weeks. So far, I've had 3 LDs that has lasted about 1-2 minutes each. I know this is not that long, but the experiences has been really exciting for me.

In my latest LD I had a false awakening where I wasn’t in my own bed and I think this is what triggered it.
Anyway, there was a DC sitting in front of me, he/she (not sure at this point) was sort of hippie-like and seemed very occupied with talking to itself about a subject I can't really remember. Once I had stabilized, I decided to say hello. I only said the word "hello" and the DC replied with a quick "hi" and then continued talking to itself. I sat there for a while, just listening and enjoying lucidity. Btw: there and then, I understood everything that was said, but after waking up, I cannot for the life of me remember what it was. I had a dream goal of flying in this dream, but before I did this I wanted to ask the DC if he knew this was a dream. '

I remembered reading about DCs attacking when confronting them with the fact that they are just a part of your subconscious, but my curiosity of what the answer would be was to strong. I also believed that this “hippie-character” would be open to ponder around this subject, so I simply asked: Do you know that this is a dream? This is where it really got scary/interesting! The DC stopped talking and just stared at me with extremely scary eyes. They were red, sort of coming out at me (very hard to explain). The DC then transformed into a "version" of my wife that reminded me of a kind of witch (she's not in real life ) She started to sort of swirl me around and repeated this to me a couple of times: "I'm your heckler wife (?) and you love me." I think I was about to lose lucidity, at least partially, then I woke up. I must admit it was scary there and then, but afterwards I also see the cool and crazy aspect of it.

What do you guys make of this? Was it my expectation that decided the outcome of the situation? Do you guys have similar experiences with DCs? I think DCs are interesting and really want to explore them more in future LDs, but it would be good to get some tips on how to “attack” similar situations in the future! Thanks in advance.