Quote Originally Posted by Shiznit View Post
First of all welcome to DV, the first step to LDing is not to be afraid of anything because basically there is nothing to fear from .
If you just "dont like' to WILD and getting into sleep paralysis then you can use any other technique like MILD ( recommended ) . MILD is a technique in which you keep saying to yourself while on bed "Am gonna have a lucid dream, and am gonna be aware of it", its also recommended to do the techniques after WBTB .
For the WILD technique, honestly I did it once and got SPed,It was the most wonderful feeling I've ever had since years ! but the problem is I can't do it easily because of my messy bed times which affects my physicality and mentality , although its one of the easiest techniques ever and you can see that from members' post allover the forum .
My advice is to go on WILD without thinking a bit, for many reasons, mostly because you do guarantee to get in a LD easily and you gonna have almost 100% dream recall when you wake up, forget about that scary stuff, all are hallucinations from the subconscious mind which you can control it .
Quote Originally Posted by Brunor2 View Post
Fear of SP ?
Use DILD then. But SP isn't something to fear, it will be scary if you choose it to.
Quote Originally Posted by ZedCa View Post
The only thing to fear about sleep paralysis is fear itself.

For one, it's only scary if you believe it will be.
For two, it's not absolutely necessary to go into SP, even during a WILD (Some people do, some don't.)
For three, you go into sleep paralysis (Normally) every single time you go to sleep and nothing bad has happened yet, why would being conscious change that?

So don't let misconceptions about SP hold you back from lucid dreaming. Chances are, you won't even need to go through it, and even if you do, it's easy street to a lucid dream so it's actually a GOOD thing if you're after lucid dreaming.

Anywho, with that said, check the wiki, read the tutorials (DILD, DEILD, and WBTB are common entry level LD techniques.) and make sure you're keeping a dream journal (No sense in lucid dreaming if you can't remember it.)

Dream recall is the most important first step, so work on that with a journal as your top priority.
Thank you for your answers.

I do know that there is nothing to fear about SP, but i don't think i can make myself think that if i were to encounter it. I can even become somewhat paranoid by just being in a dark room.