Thread: I need help going lucid

right now I'm pretty scared i have heard about lucid dreaming and it sounds really fun but as i research, people say they see ghost like figures before entering the dream also known as sleep paralysis and i have had experiences with ghost in my house and i really don't want to have this scary encounter

Do you have to have this before entering a lucid dream if not how can i do this without getting scared

P.S I've never had a lucid dream before

NO, you do NOT have to go into sleep paralysis to lucid dream! That is only if you WILD (wake Intitiated Lucid Dream). When you WILD, you just go into Sleep Paralysis or SP, and then see hypnagogic imagery which soon forms into dreams.

A much simpler way to lucid dream is to do reality checks throughout the day and look around to see if you are dreaming or not. Look for anything weird or abnormal then do a reality check or RC. A RC could be piching your nose and trying to breathe through it, sticking your finger through your palm, colsing one eye and looking to see if your nose is there, counting fingers, ect. There are tons of RCs you can even make your own!
If you do RCs enough then it will carry over into your dream and it will be like, BAM! "I'm dreaming!" Once that happens you should feel some object in your dream and observe it very closely. This will help to ground you into the dream so you don't wake up and be frustrated. Doing reality checks throughout the day and having them carry over into a dream is called a DILD. It stands for Dream Initiated Lucid Dream.

EDIT: Also something majorly important is to keep a Dream Journal ! It is where you record your dreams when you wake up. It may sound useless but you probably know that you forget your dreams later in the day. If you have a lucid dream, you should write down all the details at soon as you can! Once, I had a lucid dream and didn't write it down, thinking I would remember it later, but then a few hours later, I could only remember half of it!

There are techniques that you can use that don't involve first entering sleep paralysis, as with wake induced lucid dreams.

You could try MILD, WBTB, or DILD.

Are you familiar with reality checking? Dream signs? Do you keep a dream journal?

How is your dream recall?

That's called HI, and everyone sees different things during this part. It can be anything, including ghosts, but it's how the dream forms. You go through this every time you sleep, you're just not conscious for it during regular sleep. When you're performing a WILD you stay mentally awake while your body falls asleep.

There's other ways of becoming lucid though, which don't require you to go through the HI. I recommend checking out the DILD tutorials, I think it's an easier method for beginners.

If you have any questions ever, feel free to message me! I would be glad to answer your questions and guide you on your way to having a lucid dream!