I'm afraid of Lucid Dreaming

[dorpis]

Yeah, I am. u-u They scare me. The reason is that whenever I see or hear something that causes me fear, I usually lay on my bed awake trying not to think about it, but I only think about it more. So I fear that if I ever lucid again, I'll suddently remember then and they appear, and I'll probably forget about the power a person has while they are lucid.

[ShadowmanX]

What do you mean with "...ever lucid again" ?

[Shaderem X]

i guess it comes to the over-used expression "it's only a dream." you gotta remember that it's all in your head. it will only get to you if you let it. you can't let your feared thoughts control your dreamworld. maybe you could use lucids to destroy that fear. you gotta remember that your dreams may scare you, but your dreams can help you. use your fear to destroy itself. be the controller of your mind. don't let your fears take that away from you.

[dorpis]

What do you mean with "...ever lucid again" ? I meant that because I hardly ever lucid D; i guess it comes to the over-used expression "it's only a dream." you gotta remember that it's all in your head. it will only get to you if you let it. you can't let your feared thoughts control your dreamworld. maybe you could use lucids to destroy that fear. you gotta remember that your dreams may scare you, but your dreams can help you. use your fear to destroy itself. be the controller of your mind. don't let your fears take that away from you. Still, I'm scared D: Maybe it's just becasue I always thought that lucid dreaming was some mystical thing. u-u

[Delilah]

Write down all the things you think of going wrong in lucid dreams that frightens you. Then plan out what you'd do if that happens until you're confident that you have a solution for everything, even if it's something as simple as looking the other way, verbal commands, mind-controlling your dream-enemies, freezing time until you can calm things down and assess the situation, finding out your way to control things in LDs, etc. Good luck.

[Zenithar66]

i no how scary dreams can be, i no the fear you can have, believe me i no, but the main thing is to realize as you go into the dream that, HEY THIS IS MY DREAM, f+++ anything else that tires to invade MY MIND, YOU HAVE TO KNOW ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, or if it does, laugh your head off at whatever form your nightmare takes, or stand up to it, in no its hard but I've done it and often had emotional experiences afterwards like hugging my captor, it in YOUR MIND, YOU HAVE THE POWER MY FRIEND, worry is the main cause, as soon as the images fly into your mind slash them literally in half in your minds eye and laugh untl it goes away, its all on you man!! you can do it!!! WE ALL HAVE AT ONE STATGE!!

[ShadowmanX]

In short overwhelm your fear and do not let it overwhelm you. You just scare yourself You could say, in a crazy kind of way: Your nightmares are just as afraid of you as you are of them ^^

[Dreamsearcher]

Hi there, I was afraid of the dark and just imagining characthers from spooky movies made me shake. That was until I realised nothing can happen to me, that it was just in my head. I don't know, mabye you just have to realise that and tell yourself that some things are just fiction. Now I can walk around the house with the lights switched off and have no problem about it. Those images and feelings of fear are still there, but now I can control them. So next time you feel that way say to yourself it's not real. Try it and good luck