As the title suggests, this is a problem I used to have a lot back when lucid dreaming was a regular thing for me. Now, this is going back a few years because I stopped a long time ago for whatever reason, but have recently decided to reinstate my progress.

Now, I found that most of my lucid would be dark straight off the bat, or would turn dark upon becoming lucid, etc. I couldn't control this aspect of my dreams and became rather annoying, because I found it hard to ground myself as I couldn't see very well and there would quite often be a foreboding presence or feeling present in these dreams, which put me off having them because it was scary. It also affected my control in general most of the time.

Has anyone else had this problem? Or have any tips to help me reverse this? I'm yet to have a lucid since actively trying to have them again so I don't know if this is still a prevalent problem, but I am slightly concerned about it.