First thing: I applaud this community for existing. I've enjoyed wandering around in it today and discovering new things.

My question is more curiosity than problematic: anyone ever been scared into awareness? When I was reading the beginnings of LaBerge's book a couple years ago I experienced many failed attempts. My first LD came about when a zombie screamed at me, and in that manner, shocked me into coherence. Since that early morning years ago I've had probably twenty similar encounters always leading to a very crisp dream world, and/or intense vibrations and incredibly loud noise. (not that I'm complaining)

Sorry if this has been discussed before - I couldn't find anything on it.

And: hi I'm new!