Heyo all. I used to be on this forum a couple years ago and im just now getting back into lucid dreaming . This stuff is fun. One thing is holding me back though, i have reaaally irrational fears. Ive been deathly afraid of being dark hallways, mirrors, crap like that, ever since i was a kid. I had mostly been completely over it, until i started getting back into lucid dreaming . Cause you know, in reality you can just tell yourself nothing can happen, but in dreams, if you EXPECT a crazy demonic little girl to be staring at you screaming when you look behind you, she will be. This is what scares me about trying to lucid dream again. Ive kinda been psyching myself out, reading these crazy horror stories of people with SP being visited by demons and not being able to move or react.

Bottom line, what can i do to maybe prevent this? Grow a pair? Or what... Its never about being afraid of what happens AFTER little creepy girl screams at me, just the visceral fear of the moment, surprise mixed with horror. Feeling like your being chased or watched. Ugh, just typing this out makes me glance around my room feverishly. Why did i have to be so creative? My mind has no trouble at all whipping up completely terrifying beings and situations at a moments notice for me to be afraid of. Mostly i had been over this... Curse you, lucid dreaming! But hopefully instead of just putting my fears out of my mind, with LDing i can confront them and walk away with new confidence. Good plan right? But its just so terrifying, like, of course if you tell yourself "Dont think of something terrifying", you will immediately. And in dreams, if you think of something very strongly, if you believe it will happen (Which sadly, on an animal level, i do believe im being stalked by creepy demons) then it will just happen.

In the same way that if you believe there will be a 20$ bill in your wallet in a dream, which of course there will be if you really believe it, there will also be a 6 eyed spider demon monster right behind you if you truly believe it, right?

Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? Thanks in advance.