Fun post! A lot of this, I feel, rings true for my lucid experience too (though I've never watched this film, is it on netflix perchance?). I've had strange fantastic dreams since childhood and have always been interested in fiction and mystery, and my dreams reflected that.

I would go to bed with a mixed thrill of excitement and apprehension (my fantasy dreams were as incredible as my nightmares were terrifying) but I never regretted having nightmares the same way my siblings and friends did. As I got older I also overcame fears a lot faster than my peers (scary movies, real life gore, social pressure) I never thought there was a connection but now you make me wonder if this was a direct result of learning to navigate my dreams and the "unknown" within myself.

I do believe that later, when I discovered WILDing and the "illusion" of fear that I experienced, I learned how to directly compartmentalize my fear in real emergencies, so I can act with a clear head despite the symptoms of terror.