Thread: Could lucid dreaming be dangerous?

In the various books I've read, it's mentioned that if you cannot tell your waking life from dreams, or if you can't tell fantasies from reality, i.e., if you have an actual mental illness such as schizophrenia or some type of delusional disorder, it's not a good idea to get into LDing, but for everyone else, there is nothing at all to fear. I don't think this at all means recalling some little thing and not being sure if it happened in waking life or in a dream; I don't think that's unusual or any cause for alarm. (I just started Patricia Garfield's book, and she points out that if we're not ready for a certain thing to happen, it won't happen, so there are built-in safeguards, too.)

Okay, thanks everyone. On to lucid dreaming!