Thread: Lucid dreaming = scary?

There has been some threads about this, actually! But they're hard to find.

I just want to let you know that there's nothing to worry about. LDing is only different from your normal dreaming in that you are aware that you are dreaming. You don't even need to have control of your dream even if you're lucid, and it can be easy to lose that lucidity if you don't like knowing you are dreaming.

It could be that until you understand that nothing life-threatening is going to happen, your recall will be affected; confidence is a major key in gaining better recall. If you're afraid or worried at all, it could hinder your success.

You should be completely comfortable with the idea of lucid dreaming before you move on. I recommend going back and reading everything on the main site if you haven't already. If you're still worried even after that, try reading Stephen LaBerge's "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming".

I'm sure more experienced members can give a better reply. Good luck!

Lucid dreams are alot of things, they are certainly not scary.

Thanks! That helps a lot!, I will definitely go back and re-read the main sight.

I have another question that is not really related to my first.
When I was a child I distinctly remember a lot of my dreams; what I was doing or thinking or seeing. But I don't think it ever occured to me that I was dreaming, I was just there and seeing everything that was happening. These are not LDs right?

An example:
I had a lot of dreams about water. In one of them, I'm walking along a sort of rock wall, but its made of tide pools and it was only about a foot wide. It stretched into the entirity of the ocean and I just kept walking.

Well, I remember alot of my childhood dreams. (Although im not even fully OUT of my childhood anyway) Im not sure if they were lucid for you. Were you in control of them?

No, I don't think I was in control of them. A lot of them I can still picture very vividly, but only bits and pieces. But I guess that's unrelated to being in a state of lucidity. Hm.

If you weren't aware you were dreaming, then you weren't Lucid. Control comes later with practice. In fact, control has nothing to do with it; It's a separate skill. You can have 0% control and be 100% conscious of the dream state.

Hmm I see.

I suppose experiencing Sleep Paralysis for the first time could be scary but the lucid dreams themselves, no. Not any scarier than a regular dream. More likely less scary.