It's reassuring to hear from others who have managed to use lucid dreaming techniques in a positive way to overcome the unpleasant experiences that sleep can bring. As much as I am eager to experience flying, dream control and whatnot, I must admit my main motivation to master LDs is for the very purpose of banishing these nightmares forever!

debrajane, my name is if course taken from that great song! Have you heard the original Gene Chandler version? Superb. I read your DJ entry - what a peculiar dream. It is baffling what our subconscious can come up with. I wonder, do you think dreams like that are an attempt by our subconscious to communicate some sort of deep message to us? Or do you think they are just as random as they appear to be on the surface? I've often wondered that.