My interest in this site and the concept of Lucid Dreaming came around quite suddenly; I found a link to some forums such as this one when I started to read about LDs and what they actually are, and how there is actually more to them than I first thought- Upon reading up for a while I now see that I unwittingly used lucidity to combat nightmares in my past, as the techniques described- I was no longer afraid of all of these monsters and terrifying entities which previously kept me in fear of going to bed at night when I realised that they could not hurt me.

While this may sound somewhat odd, I feel that I owe a great deal to Lucid Dreaming and how it pretty much removed the constant nightmares that troubled my childhood- reading all these great stories about being able to exist in your own reality which you have control over, no matter how brief, has inspired me to perhaps teach myself how to do so and to see it's truly like outside the context of my childhood nightmares.

My dream recall has deteriorated over time considerably- Long gone are the days where I could remember on average 2 or 3 dreams each night- If I'm lucky (or unlucky as the case may be) I can remember perhaps a vague fragment of one; this is a rarity in itself. While this is something I can improve, as shown by the techniques described on this site, I'm not sure if I truly want to. While this may seem odd, even good dreams have made me feel out of control and uncomfortable- when I look at a watch I don't like the idea that it's just going to show a completely different time at a second glance!

I've also read a couple of accounts from different forums of people who were in a Lucid state and by a slip of the tongue saw some things that terrified them; every so often I get what is defined here as a False Awakening to see something out of some horror film (in all likelihood something out of the Grudge or something) standing over my bed screaming at me when I look at them- my frequent nightmares are gone but that doesn't necessarily mean that I fear nothing now. On the contrary, I fear an awful lot of things; probably more than most people of my age, and my concern is that if I am going to learn how to gain control over my dreamstate and have my generally peaceful sleeptime disturbed once more by nightmares then I'm not entirely sure it's worth it.

If you've read this account all the way through (and if you did then I congratulate you, it wasn't exactly short&#33 then I would pose you this question- is it worth bringing back dreams into my life so that I may gain lucidity over them? Any responses or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading!