Please Help

Hi there,

I am completely new to this... so please bear with me!:P

Lately I have been having dreams where I KNOW that I am dreaming, but I can`t control ANYTHING. It`s like watching a horror movie that I can not pause!

The most recent was last night. I dreamt that I was sentenced to death by injection. For what; I do not know. I had to say goodbye to my family; who were crying uncontrollably! This was terrible... I tried to wake myself, but I couldn`t!!! My alarm went off for 30 minutes before I could manage waking!!! This isn't the first time I have had this dream... and I am sure it won't be the last... :o(

What does all this mean?? I am tired of waking up having panic attacks and heart palpitations... is there something wrong? Is there a way to control these dreams?

if you want to wake up, try slamming your eyes closed and pulling them open. You will open your real eyes and wake up.

Try focusing on your physical body. That usually works for me.

Closing your eyes usually works for me. Control will come with experience, try to do some more passive control, picking things up, moving them with your hands, this leads to more control.

I find killing myself a good way to wake up. Walk out in front of a car, jump off a building and hit the pavement. There is a natural tendency to wake up when you die anyways.

That tends not to work for me. My body seems to be invisible when lucid, cars either go through me, go around me at the last minute, or bounce off of me. :?