Thread: (Resist/ignore) / (Kill) / (Send love) to hostile DC

Sending love is definitely the most effective for me personally.

Trying to fight can result in further struggles, I've found - either in the dream itself, or in future dreams with recurring appearances.
Maybe that's just how I work though, I don't think this would necessarily apply to everyone.
An example on the opposite side that I can think of is Hyu, who finally confronted a recurring nightmare character with a violent attack, and the character never haunted his dreams again.

I've converted very scary/threatening DCs into helpful/friendly characters just by projecting positive energy and refusing to believe that they needed to remain my enemy. If I behave assertively as though they're already my friend, they'll usually start to go along with it and often become very submissive.

Another thing that's been hugely beneficial for me is confronting my hostile DCs calmly with words. In particular, I asked recurring nightmare characters who they were, what they represented, and if there was anything they needed to tell me. They spoke calmly back and explained themselves, and I never had a nightmare with them again.

Another tactic I've used is freezing time. I've done this when there were too many hostile DCs to handle individually.
An example was when I was surrounded by scary nurses who were trying to restrain me. I held up my hand and froze them all in place, and just exited the room and continued on with the dream I wanted to have instead.

Thank You for a reply, Dreamer. Yeah positive energy sounds better than killing/fighting any day, but they catch me off guard, and I resort to natural human instinct, fear and anger. I will definitely try "refusing to believe that they needed to remain my enemy" and "assertively as though they're already my friend". As for sending positive energy, I don't really know how to do that. Freezing time sounds so cool, I will try it once I get good at dream control.

Originally Posted by DefineMeAsOne

As for sending positive energy, I don't really know how to do that.

Sending positive energy, for me, starts with taking control of my own mind state.
I don't know if you practice mindfulness in waking life, but it's similar to that. I recognise that I'm scared (or feeling whatever negative emotion I'm feeling in the dream) and I focus inwards and work on calming myself, regardless of what's going on around me. Once I'm feeling a more positive vibe within myself, it seems like that projects outwards to the DCs.
I've explained it a bit more in another thread:

Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

I personally find that projecting positive energy generates better results for me.
My dreams often reflect my own feelings. I think most people find this to be true in some ways at least, eg. feeling confident about your lucid powers/abilities will increase your success rate much more than if you're feeling doubtful.
So by this logic, actions that you feel morally comfortable with will probably result in more positive outcomes than morally questionable activities.
Even in situations where DCs are being hostile, I find that remaining friendly and showing them love/empathy usually works much better than trying to fight back. They soon start to reflect my energy, and often become helpful companions.

Originally Posted by ~ Dreamer ~

Sending positive energy, for me, starts with taking control of my own mind state.
I don't know if you practice mindfulness in waking life, but it's similar to that. I recognise that I'm scared (or feeling whatever negative emotion I'm feeling in the dream) and I focus inwards and work on calming myself, regardless of what's going on around me. Once I'm feeling a more positive vibe within myself, it seems like that projects outwards to the DCs.
I've explained it a bit more in another thread:

I practice mindfulness as a meditation not so much as a daily practice. I will try and recognize my emotions during the day and see how that works.