Thread: Really confused... lucid dream + sleep paralysis?

Well, I will ramble here a little...

I think I might have had a lucid dream last night, but I don't know if that was part of a dream or if it was in reality. Anyways, let's assume that it really happened.

I was in that state between sleeping and you're about the become unconscious... and somehow I realized that I was dreaming, and the word "lucid dreaming" popped into my head, immediately. The problem is, I became really frightened, because I had done a light research before, and the next thing I remembered was that sleep paralysis could occur while trying to achieve lucid dreams. (Which was why I never tried to do it, sleep paralysis freaks me out, although I've only done it once before, with only sounds.) The next thing I know, I can't move anything. Thankfully nothing frightening happened, and I just struggled for a while before I was able to move. Then I fell asleep right away, because I was so tired.

So, I was wondering, if that sleep paralysis was caused by the lucid dreaming, or just my fear of it? I don't know, I'm really confused, especially when you consider the fact that that actual happening could have been in my dreams... I was too tired to realize everything at that moment, I guess.