Emotional Infuence on Lucidity

[WolfeDreamer531]

Alright, I had a rare DILD last night that turned into one of my worst nightmares ever: The dream scene I was in was located in an abandoned hospital (which was VERY dark btw), which alone, scared me a bit. I was not worried although, because I was Lucid... but I still felt fear inside of me. The dream scene itself did not change, in spite of my Lucidity. I felt a dark presence from the start of the dream and ended up running into a female, undead nurse. As a result of my Lucidity, I thought it would be a good idea to turn her into a hot nurse instead... I was still afraid even as I boldly approached her. I could barely see her, but I could certainly feel her presence. She stood there as cold and emotionless as a stone. I soon realized that fear was overtaking me and that she wasnt changing into what I wanted; she made it very clear that I wasnt in cotrol of her. I realized that this meant that I was no longer in control of the situation itself. This really scared me. So I completely freaked out at this point and decided to try to run from it since I couldnt control it. I thought that I could not only outrun the undead nurse, but the fear itself as well, so I ran. I ran down the dark, abandoned hallway to a stairwell. I jumped down the stairs knowing that I had to have gained some distance in between us, only to turn around and see that she was right behind me in the doorway, glaring at me w/ that same dark, cold look. I was nearly panicking at this point. I continued to run and jumped down another flight of stairs just to turn around and see that she was getting closer with each time I turned around to see where she was. She seemed to get closer as I grew more and more afraid, but of course, I became increasingly afraid b/c she was getting closer. The dream eventually turned into a full-blown non-Lucid dream and one of my worst nightmares that Ive ever had. I gotta tell you, Im rather embarrassed at the whole thing b/c I was actually Lucid and I lost it out of fear. I wonder if my taking of melatonin had anything to do w/ the fear-based dream I had. It also gets me thinking about how much of an influence emotions actually have in/on dreams. I would really appreciate some feedback on this.

[EEclips3]

Wow. That sounds pretty messy. I've had some occasions similar where I've attempted to take control and had things go sour, but never a full blown nightmare as a result of my failure >.< Of course maintaining emotional stability plays a huge factor in dreams. Some lucid dreams can even be halted by you losing your mind set and of course as you know, can become a nightmare. Best advice i can give to you is, Keep your eyes on the prize. Don't let any type of fear or happiness control your dreams. After all this is still your brain creating what you see and just like you can control your thoughts. Dreams are alike.

[Sweet Dreams]

it may or may not be caused by melatonin, but it sounds typical whether or not it had anything to do with melatonin. this is because our recent thoughts and emotions often influence the content of our dreams. sorry you had to experience that aweful nightmare. I remember i had a dream once, years ago, and it was a repetitive nightmare. it went like this: it was nighttime and i was standing at a doorway of a house where i'd see a man across the street dressed in black, holding a gun. he watches me until i realize he's there and he starts chasing me around the house to kill/rape me. so in a repeat version of the dream, maybe 3rd or 5th, i see myself standing at a door way of a house. i knew this was familiar and i've been here before in another dream. so i realized that there should be a man dressed in black holding a gun (criminal) watching me from across the street waiting for the right moment to run after me to rape/kill me. as soon as my eyes found him, it was like he heard a gun fire to signal "GO!" to get me. I felt great fear and ran in side, i kept seeing him getting closer and closer. He kept chasing me and i kept running as fast as i could to save myself. i may have forgotten it was a dream as i was running because it felt too real and it felt too urgent, so i kept running until i turned into a room in the house and hid under a desk, which was really stupid because it was the open side of the desk which faced the door (whoever enters sees me under a desk). after that, i was just waiting for him to come find me and attack me. It was so scarey waiting for this criminal to show up and point a gun at me or get a hold of me. it was truly frightening. my heart beat so fast i was trying to think of something smart to do to escape as i was stuck under a desk with no place to hide. when the man showed up and pointed the gun at me, i begged "hold on, please!" and i got out from under the desk and i stood up. i wanted to think of something to do to escape. then, angrily I said "Hey! this is a dream, and I know it's a dream! so come on! shoot me!" and i walked closer, i was afraid but determined. i continued because i kept remember that his is a dream... "that's right, I'm not afraid of you! Go ahead and shoot me! what are ya gonna do? I'm not gonna die, you can't kill me. come on, shoot me now! shoot me!!" as i approached him he looked like he got "caught," so he ran away instantly in fear that i would hurt him. i felt amazing relief to have that work. I was really afraid but i thought, to heck with it, i have to do this to surviveand prevent experiencing any more horror. and it felt great. If i hadn't stood up and walked closer to the character to play out my role as the more powerful one, i wouldn't have been able to scare the criminal away. I share this dream/nightmare so that you may find encouragement to do the same if you should experience a nightmare like that again. remember to ignore the characters' threats--however frightening they may seem. i found that my willingness to risk feeling pain had defeated my fear of the character, because i knew this was only a dream and that i didn't want to experience being powerless. so, i decided to take control and do something rather than surrender or give up. generally in dreams (actually, even in real life), YOU write the script. but you can't "command" things. you have to "see/imagine" them into being. if you can't see them, they just won't happen. you're the only one that needs to believe in your power in order for that power to be useful. The lesson to be learned: Never give up on your power to take control; use it no matter the objections. easier said than done, but that's how it's done =)

[WolfeDreamer531]

Wow. That sounds pretty messy. I've had some occasions similar where I've attempted to take control and had things go sour, but never a full blown nightmare as a result of my failure >.< Of course maintaining emotional stability plays a huge factor in dreams. Some lucid dreams can even be halted by you losing your mind set and of course as you know, can become a nightmare. Best advice i can give to you is, Keep your eyes on the prize. Don't let any type of fear or happiness control your dreams. After all this is still your brain creating what you see and just like you can control your thoughts. Dreams are alike. Yeah messy is a good way of putting it. I always tell myself not to rush into doing things in LDs and to take time to stabilize the dream(s); but it just seems like I have a totally different mindset when Im dreaming. Im going to remember your advice and definitely not let something like this happen again if Im lucid. Thanks for the tip! it may or may not be caused by melatonin, but it sounds typical whether or not it had anything to do with melatonin. this is because our recent thoughts and emotions often influence the content of our dreams. sorry you had to experience that aweful nightmare. I remember i had a dream once, years ago, and it was a repetitive nightmare. it went like this: it was nighttime and i was standing at a doorway of a house where i'd see a man across the street dressed in black, holding a gun. he watches me until i realize he's there and he starts chasing me around the house to kill/rape me. so in a repeat version of the dream, maybe 3rd or 5th, i see myself standing at a door way of a house. i knew this was familiar and i've been here before in another dream. so i realized that there should be a man dressed in black holding a gun (criminal) watching me from across the street waiting for the right moment to run after me to rape/kill me. as soon as my eyes found him, it was like he heard a gun fire to signal "GO!" to get me. I felt great fear and ran in side, i kept seeing him getting closer and closer. He kept chasing me and i kept running as fast as i could to save myself. i may have forgotten it was a dream as i was running because it felt too real and it felt too urgent, so i kept running until i turned into a room in the house and hid under a desk, which was really stupid because it was the open side of the desk which faced the door (whoever enters sees me under a desk). after that, i was just waiting for him to come find me and attack me. It was so scarey waiting for this criminal to show up and point a gun at me or get a hold of me. it was truly frightening. my heart beat so fast i was trying to think of something smart to do to escape as i was stuck under a desk with no place to hide. when the man showed up and pointed the gun at me, i begged "hold on, please!" and i got out from under the desk and i stood up. i wanted to think of something to do to escape. then, angrily I said "Hey! this is a dream, and I know it's a dream! so come on! shoot me!" and i walked closer, i was afraid but determined. i continued because i kept remember that his is a dream... "that's right, I'm not afraid of you! Go ahead and shoot me! what are ya gonna do? I'm not gonna die, you can't kill me. come on, shoot me now! shoot me!!" as i approached him he looked like he got "caught," so he ran away instantly in fear that i would hurt him. i felt amazing relief to have that work. I was really afraid but i thought, to heck with it, i have to do this to surviveand prevent experiencing any more horror. and it felt great. If i hadn't stood up and walked closer to the character to play out my role as the more powerful one, i wouldn't have been able to scare the criminal away. I share this dream/nightmare so that you may find encouragement to do the same if you should experience a nightmare like that again. remember to ignore the characters' threats--however frightening they may seem. i found that my willingness to risk feeling pain had defeated my fear of the character, because i knew this was only a dream and that i didn't want to experience being powerless. so, i decided to take control and do something rather than surrender or give up. generally in dreams (actually, even in real life), YOU write the script. but you can't "command" things. you have to "see/imagine" them into being. if you can't see them, they just won't happen. you're the only one that needs to believe in your power in order for that power to be useful. The lesson to be learned: Never give up on your power to take control; use it no matter the objections. easier said than done, but that's how it's done =) Im sorry about your nightmare as well; I couldnt imagine having my nightmare repeatedly like you did. But I agree w/ you on how emotions affect the content of our dreams b/c I felt fear from the start of the dream despite being lucid; I guess thats why everything was so dark and gloomy. But I expected everything to get better b/c of the fact that I was lucid; thats where I was wrong. I wish I had slowed down and rethought what I was doing like you did, but like I said above, it just seems like you have a completely different mindset when you're dreaming, and hence, dont make the (logical) decisions that you would make in RL. Tthanks for the advice!