newbie here and answers needed for some lucid dreams i been having

Hi everyone,

Im just going to jump right in as i need answers ASAP been researching but nothing is clear!

So in the past i had lucid dreams where im fully aware that i am dreaming, there's been times when i am trying to wake up because my brain wakes up but not my body and there be pain in my head while still asleep and i cant move my body, im trying to scream because im in a lot of pain and it feels like im fighting with myself but im really scared so i jut try to wake up cos i know im still in some sort of dream, eventually i wake up pain is gone and im fine.
I had this happen few times over the last 3 years or so.

Now, 2 nights ago i went to sleep around 11pm. I realised that i was dreaming, pain came on again. The pain is like my brain is trying to enter something but im scared so im not letting it happen and then i thought (in the lucid dream) let it happen let me see what happens cant be that bad as its me dreaming and i have actually thought that (while not sleeping) next time i have these lucid dream ill allow it to go further and not fight it. So i did...pain went...all black and it felt weird like i was inside my mind..and then i said to myself "I CAN BE" and it came from my unconscious mind then my consciousness laughed and i felt like i giggled literally because i felt like wow i finally allowed myself to do this and this is what it is and its almost a gateway for something very exciting, like i unlocked something.

This might sound strange and sounds strange to me too. I just want to know if someone else has experienced this, know something about this or anything that this could be.

Any type if information/help at this point will be more than useful!

Hey and welcome to DV!

It sounds very much like what many call "Sleep Paralysis" and can be quite scary at times. To simplify it's basicly a state you end up in when you fall asleep to prevent your body from thrashing around when you're dreaming. You usually lose consciousness before this happens and therefore you don't feel the paralysis. In some cases you don't lose consciousness and feel the effects of it which includes hallucinations of all sorts. Know that everything you feel in this state is only made up by your mind, your fear of it will also increase the effects.

Pain, extreme anxiety or fear and problems breathing are common but all you have to do is relax and know they're just made up, you're 100% safe. Whenever I try to DEILD and end up in that state I get some serious seizures, since I've had epilepsy as a child this not very pleasant. With some willpower I just remain calm and start to visualize a dream scene and after a while I'm in it.

Relax next time and visualize a dream. Interact with that dream like touching something and try really hard to feel the texture of the thing you're touching. Just ignore the sensations and know they have no power over you and you'll be fine :)

If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!