Scared to LD

[Dexiro]

I keep reading these scary stories of people seeing scary images and feeling things during SP! Now i'm scared that if i try to WILD i'll open my eyes an see some scary little girl like from a horror movie, or one guy said he saw a bloody pigs head!! I'm also worried that now i know about it, it's gonna stick in the back of my head and it'll be more likely to happen to me! anyone else feel this way? and how do you overcome it?

[Nefarious]

It can't hurt you. It's you're creation. Keep that in the back of your head and you shall never fear again. I however can say that sometimes there are dreams of pure fear where you are scared without knowing why. I think some hormone or chemical is released in your brain make you terrified. But then you wake up and think what a cool rush!

[Bethany]

You know when you're a kid and you're scared to jump off something high but you really want to do it. So you JUST JUMP... and then you're glad you did? Well, I think you should just jump. If you have a slightly weird experience or a slightly frightening one, at least know it won't last forever or permanently damage you. And you might not experience anything frightening at all. Try to think pleasant thoughts instead of obsessing about scary ones. btw I'm a newbie so bear that in mind when you read my "advice" lol...

[Dexiro]

i'm not really scared about having nightmares it's just being paralyzed and seeing something that's not supposed to be there lol i already crap myself (not literally) every time i walk downstairs at night because i'm always imagining turning the corner and seeing something like a zombie or a ghost xD i know it's not going to happen but it sticks in my head anyway so the thought of actually seeing this stuff and being paralyzed at the same time isn't too good

[Binsk]

I know what you mean, and it can be a scary thought. But as others have stated, it is YOU who are creating the image, it is coming from YOUR brain. If a frightning image comes up, perhaps you could try changing it or just ignoring it. Something I personally find useful for when I see something scary is I try to purposefully stare at it and think of some funny oddity with it. Joke to yourself, just try to be lighthearted about it. And of course, it is likely that you wont even have a frightning image come up in the first place!

[Dexiro]

lol nice advice! now i just want to know more about it like once you get SP what happens then? do you open your eyes and see stuff? and whats it like as you enter your dream?

[Hazel]

like once you get SP what happens then? Once you enter SP, most likely you will soon find yourself in a dream And not everyone sees hypnogogic imagery (HI) during SP, it really just depends on the person.

[sam-twin]

Lol, once in sleep paralysis i looked to my computer and in the chair there was a really hot woman just sitting there in her bikini lol, i was like, well what happened to the 'old hag' lol. Although once when i used to WILD by 'accident' without relising, (well just as i was starting to realise) i fell asleep at my computer with all the lights of accept my computer screen; i thought i had woken up but, i started hearing something behind me and then i tgrabbed me like someone would grab your neck ffrom behind you if you was sitting at a chair and i pooped myself and woke up lol, the scariest thing that had ever happened to me, mainly because i didnt really realise what it was lol also i could swear ive had like half sleep paralysis before, liek really hard to move but i can move lol, slowly so i cant react to things like falling over just fall lol. and once i dreamt that a mate had come over and i thought id just woken up from an afternoon nap, and as me n my mate walked out to the landing there were loads of lil scary clowns standing in lines in my landing and i even apologised to my mate and said i think im half awake im still seeing weird things like im in a dream half lol, so i just laughed at it and then woke up im still getting really scared when i enter SP and its so annoying cos i know that its nothing and on the other side is a lucid and i havent had one for ages and they are well cool, and i have no sleep pattern and have A levels to do in college lol

[Dexiro]

ok, well in case i do get HI i was just wondering if closing one eye would get rid of it, if that's possible with the SP I think i read that HI is just the blind spot being filled in with what your mind assumes is there, and i just thought that closing one eye would get rid of the blind spot. also i guess your bikini thing helped sam xD the scary clowns, not so much

[michaelrp7]

Somtimes when I start to lose control of my lucid dreams I start having horrible nightmares. I dont really fear it though. While it does scare the crap out of me then, when I wake up it was really exiting. I kind of like it! Worst nightmare... My hand morphed into giant mouths and they slowly started eating my face off. I woke up covered in sweat and my heart was beating faster than I have ever felt it!