First off, I'm glad I registered and wanted to say hello to this wonderful community!

In the past (before I was familiar about lucid dreaming) i've suffered through chronic sleep paralysis. These episodes would terrify me. I would have them a couple times a week and would often hallucinate terrifying stuff. Example: I once woke up paralyzed and saw a dark hooded creature look over my body. I'm 99% I wasn't dreaming since I could "see" around my room and even heard my brother snoring in the other room. After screaming (only air came out of my mouth) a high pitched tone overcame my hearing and I fainted back into sleep. I no longer have these episodes, and when I do rarely get them it's mainly me being paralyzed (which still scares me to death due to my past experiences).

Recently, i've been interested in Lucid Dreaming. However i'm terrified about sleep paralysis which is unfortunate because the WILD technique really intrigues me!!!

Any advice on how to get over my fear? Also, i've had a couple of lucid dreams in the past month but they don't seem that detailed. My lucid dreams are always fuzzy. I remember even rubbing my hands and saying "clarity now!" in these dreams. They last very shorty (i'm pretty calm in them too). What am I doing wrong?

SORRY for such the long post. Can't wait to hear from you all. Sweet dreams