I'm not comfortable posting something so negative with such a low vibration here in the forums, so I'll try to keep this short.

Is it necessary to know how to control your thoughts before learning how to Lucid Dream? Is there a such thing as a Wake-Induced Nightmare? I've heard of losing lucidity and a dream turning into a nightmare but I haven't heard of falling asleep into one.

This hasn't happened to me, but I've been afraid it would and I haven't had any lucid dreams since my first one. I'm asking cause I remembered during a sleep-paralysis that it's a prime time to attempt lucidity. But just moments into it, I began having these negative thoughts and frightened myself out of it.

This is all kind of embarrassing because the only reason I'm even afraid of dreams now is because I watched those Insidious movies. I liked them, but I didn't expect them to affect me the way they have. I'm 25 years old and movies have never bothered me, but those ruined lucid dreaming and astral projection for me. I haven't practiced either in over a year, maybe 2 years.

I would very much like to get back into it though, my first WILD was quite the experience. I remember the vividness and linearness of it all. I hope to do it again sometime soon.