Hi and welcome to the Dream Views.

I spent most of my life plagued with nightmares and bouts of sleep paralysis that made me think I was dying. I always only felt half there during the day due to extreme sleep deprivation.

Once I started seriously learning about dreams I unintentionally rid myself of waking up in sleep paralysis, which is great. I used to also have bouts of what I though were OBE's and I was scared of them because like the SP, i automatically assumed I was dying. And damn but I feel stupid now to know that all that was just a normal part of falling asleep. Now when I feel that rising out of my body sensation I know I'm dreaming.

I also rarely have nightmares anymore. I have a few disturbing dreams but nothing that crosses over into nightmare territory. Which also is great. This site has helped me to tame the 'monsters' that had haunted me all my life. I honestly can say I owe my sanity (or near sanity) to DV.


Hope you stick around and things get better for you too.