Hi

I am fairly new to this forum, not to lucid dreaming though. I will tell you a bit about my earlier experiences with lucid dreaming. I was searching YouTube and I came across a documentary about lucid dreaming. I was amazed about this topic and I googled it to find out how I would achieve lucidity . I came across a YouTube channel that learns you all about lucid dreaming. I went on a video spree and tried WILD that night. I didn't really research the technique well enough and failed for the first couple of nights. One night was different though (not in a good way). I found myself in sleep paralysis. At that point I didn't know what SP was and I hadn't been so scared all my life. I was really disturbed by the things that happened in my room when I was in SP. At this point I'm terrified of SP and I really don't want to experience it again. I know that the way of thinking will influence the things you may see in SP. I tried other techniques like FILD, but they don't seem to work for me. I have been trying FILD for like a month now and I seem to just forget about it as I am falling asleep. I hope someone on this forum can maybe tell me about a technique that suits me or maybe help me with WILD. I trust you guys and if there is maybe a way to let SP become my friend instead of my enemy I am willing to try WILD again.

Hope to get some replies.