Hi! Before I joined dreamviews, I didn't know anything about lucid dreaming, and had nightmares all the time, and woke up in sleep paralysis several times. I would wake up for a horrible dream to find I could not move, and then my horrible nightmare started to fade in again, and it felt like someone was pressing down on my chest, and I could barely breathe, and I was sleeping on my back. I have found that struggling makes it worse. So I found out about DVs and the same day, I was doing a bunch of reality checks, and at night I repeated the mantra, "I will remember my dreams", and "I will realize I am dreaming while in a dream" once in a while. My recall was terrible, a nightmare every other day, with an occasional good one, like maybe every other week. I started having the nightmares when I was 14 I guess, and haden't really had many before that. I think the reason was because I was sleeping with my brother, and I moved into my big room far from everyone elses by myself. I also listed to a paranormal show a few times(Darkness Radio), as I fell asleep. Man they talk about some freaky stuff... Well anyway, I had 6 dreams that night, 4 nighmares in a row and 2 good long ones. The nightmares were very short, 10-15 seconds. I wouldn't remember falling asleep, and suddenly I was in bed, and my closet door started to open, and an alarm was going off in my head. I simply closed my eyes and repeated "this is a dream" and woke up 5 seconds later. Before knowing about LDs, I actually woke myself up from nightmares quite often. After that I have only had nighmares maybe only every other week, and I remember 3-6 dreams a night, good ones. I don't know why I haven't had any, but I haven't listened to that show for a few months. Just think of good stuff as you go to bed, and remind yourself there is nothing to be afraid of.
-FreakyDreamer
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