Hi guys,
The names Dan, i've not really done much Lucid dreaming due to some fears i have from past bad experiences, i'm hoping i can get over them and start learning properly!

Heres the story...

About a year ago i was suffering from a cold and decided to take a remedy to unblock my nose.. Doing so would have consequences that would shape my fears of lucid dreaming..

I was fine through the day and went to bed as normal however 4 nights out of 5 taking this stuff i had bad experiences...

I would be dreaming as normal (non-lucid) when suddenly the whole room would start spinning, at this point i would become lucid, the first time i felt suprised but after that i recognized the spinning as the first sign of what was to come and i would conciously feel fear and try to end the dream (even the dream characters would react with suprise).

After the spinning and being sucked through some sort of vaccum thing i would have weird out of body experiences (feeling like i was being pulled out of my body) and paralysis etc, and i would be desperatly trying to fight these off in fear.

This happened one too many times and now i am fearful of lucid dreaming in case it triggers anything 'weird' like this (it has happened since when i have not been taking anything)...

If anyone knows why or how to avoid this i would really be glad to know!

Thanks for your time!