Thread: Troubled dreamer seeks support

Welcome to DV!

I'm sorry your dreams aren't pleasant. Learning how to LD to get rid of nightmares is one of the most common reasons. What you need to do is to start visualizing yourself being in danger of any kind, or perhaps if you have a recurring dream or a dream sign of some sorts. Visualize seeing that familiar dream sign and then tell yourself you'll check if you're not infact dreaming. Doing this many times a day will eventually carry over to your dreams. Start questioning your reality and you'll do it more and more in your dreams. If you realize you're dreaming and you're in a nightmare then just change the dream or close your eyes. You'll soon wake up. Don't be scared of ending up in SP. SP is completely natural and harmless and will only turn ugly if you're worried it might happen. Try to think of a nice dream scene instead and ignore what you feel or see.

I had nightmares alot as a kid and I learned how to LD because of them. If you're wondering about something then just ask

Thanks for your response, Matt! The sleep paralysis really scared me, although I have experienced it before. I'm not sure what my dream sign is, but I hope I'll figure that out with journaling. I also discovered lucid dreaming as a way to vanquish my frequent nightmares I had as a child. Now the nightmares are back but the lucidity is not. The series of dreams that frightened me the other night occured just as I had gone to sleep but did not realize I was asleep. I had several false awakenings and the feeling of not having control of my body and floating around the house. This is not my usual type of dream or nightmare. I had to get up and reorient myself to sort out what really happened and what was a dream. My daughters are also interested in lucid dreaming, and they suggested we put "A"s on our hands to do RCs throughout the day. Thank you for your helpful suggestions!