Hi there, I'm new to the forum having been linked here from another forum where LD was the topic of discussion.

Anyway, I've been doing a bit of reading about LD and I'm really excited about trying it. However, one thing that I'm worried about is the whole sleep paralysis stage. I've had dreams in the past where I've realised during the dream that I was dreaming, but every few weeks I have what I believe to be sleep paralysis.

When this happens I feel as though I can't move (obviously), but what I hate is the fact that every time this happens there is a kind of demon/ghost coming towards me/entering the room I'm in and then that dream continues into the paralysis stage and thus I can't move or make any noise and I feel myself trying to do both things and then I end up waking up. I only realise I can't move as it comes towards me.

Sometimes the demon/ghost comes into a room of mine from when I was younger and sometimes the setting is my current room, it varies, but when it comes towards me it feels a lot different to a dream.

So I was wondering, is there any way to avoid this happening during sleep paralysis, as in, see something else? As that's when I believe it has happened every time before. i also thought it might be important to note that I haven't intentionally tried lucid dreaming as yet.

Cheers