Afraid of "falling"?

Recently, every fews nights I will be laying in my bed and I will start having this "falling" sensation. I have heard that this has something to do with sleep paralysis and it's a great thing have happen (when you want to lucid dream, anyway.) The problem is that I always get scared when the feeling comes about and immediately try to keep myself from going to sleep. Sometimes this will happen a few times in a row before I go to sleep "normally." I know I am not really falling, I just really don't like the feeling. Any suggestions on how I can overcome my apparent fear and start lucid dreaming this way?

Ah, I love that feeling. :) On the rare occasions that happens to me, I just ride the wave all the way down. It takes time to get used to the feeling, sure, but when you do, it can be quite the trip. ;) If you notice the falling feeling happens in a certain position, you may want to try adjusting yourself by rolling over onto your side or back or something.

In ParadigmShift's WILD you imagine yourself being dragged across the bed - less frightening than falling.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f11/paradi...-method-40516/

I've had some success with this technique but haven't been able to initiate the dragging sensation for a while.

Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure to try the dragging method the next time I start "falling" again.