Thanks for the reply Asher, it makes me feel alot better about giving it a try. I think if I remember correctly I may have had the sleep timer on my stereo playing some music (Pink Floyd which relaxes me like none other) when I went to bed, so thats what may have triggered it. I think my body might have gone to sleep, but my mind still wanted to listen and thats when things went out of hand. I suppose your right about knowing nothing can hurt you either. Im my dream, it wasnt that my "boss" tried to hurt me that was scary, rather than the fact that it seemed like he could because I was paralyzed and defenseless.

The fact that it seemed so real was what really messed me up. Like I said, for the first time in my life, I was looking for monsters under the bed (at 21 years old), and that felt a little stange. I guess it goes to show how important it is to keep that line drawn between illusion and reality

Allen