well hello
im 19, from Ireland and i've been having Lucid dreams, mostly stemming from ASP for 4-5 years now..
my first occured 4 years ago, i had had several episodes of asp, and after initially thinking i was dying, as you do, i was now aware of what was happening to me and on one occasion managed to slip into a lucid dream in which i floated up off my bed, out my skylight window and up into the air, where i observed my body lying on my bed, i then proceeded to fly across my neighbourhood, and then woke up..

I have about 8-10 dreams which i have been having constantly sinced i was at least 10, and that was the next stage, i started to become aware i was dreaming during these, and i would begin to control them, for example; I have one particular dream in which the field behing my house is completely built up with houses, i am walking through this new little suburb and there are lots of people around, they are usually people from my past and eventually i come to a house made from sweets and standing at the door there is a witch (lol, you know what im getting at) basically the first lucid dream of this kind that i had involved me taking control of the dream and confronting the witch, and intellectually flaming her..it was quite enjoyable..not as much as flying but enjoyable none the less..

Anyhow, the reason why i have ended up here is basically this: I have always really had lucid dreams ..however there is one particular situation i can't master and that is night terrors, i have always had terrible night terrors now and then, but recently its been happening nearly every second night, or at least twice a week..I will go to bed because i know i have to and i'll try not think about whats going to happen but i do feel like if i had a choice i would choose not to sleep because of it.. They are definitely getting worse, I am now seeing dark figures and devil like creatures and experiencing being strangled and all sorts, whats terrible about night terrors is they are much harder to wake yourself from than ASP...with ASP, you can move a part of your body and wake up or even drag your body up out of the bed, but with night terrors you just flail about while whatever your imagining is there is crushing you, strangling you etc..it just seems to be much harder to wake from, i find that i dream i have woken up again and again and again, only to slip back into the NT again until i find i have finally woken up for real and i am out of breath and completely shaken and frustrated..

So yes, i would like to learn how to get myself out of night terrors and into a lucid dream.. I have at this stage mastered the art of realising a night terror probably isnt real, relaxing myself a bit and trying not to let a it bother me but its not really getting rid of it, it still seems to last forever wether im letting it get to me or not..

So i look forward to reading what i can about NT control and all lucid dream topics
nice to find such a place
take it easy-