Recently I had been attempting to have my first lucid dream. (dream journal, RCs, mantras before sleep), but now I've gotten myself too worked up about lucid nightmares. I know that a lucid nightmare would end and that you can't be harmed, but this really makes me want to not try to become lucid anymore, and that seems like a shame.

Basically, what I want to know is if there's anyone here that has experienced one or more lucid nightmares and can weigh in on what that's like. I just don't want to quit because of something stupid like the rare occurrence of a lucid nightmare. Has anyone gotten over their fear of negative dreams? Because it would suck if I quit trying to LD out of fear.

Are lucid nightmares even common? Has anyone gotten over a similar fear? I hate to be a bother, but I imagine my first lucid would be amazing and if I quit, that'll never happen.