Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I've always been good at recalling dreams, and have had lucid experiences in the past even at very young ages, though I never really questioned it. Naturally the prospect of being able to control your dreams entirely appeals to me.

The problem here is that I'm a very paranoid person, and reading some of the stuff about sleep paralysis is kinda putting me off. Knowing things aren't real/ can't harm me has never stopped me from being afraid. Even some of the dream signs (distorted reflections/ lights not working) creep me out lol. In short, I have this gut feeling that all my LD attempts would just descend into vivid nightmares.

Would it be wise for me to attempt LDing? On the one hand it might be a good oppurtunity for me to start conquering my paranoia... on the other hand I'm too paranoid to start trying.