I just always have. I find it absolutely amazing that you guys are trying to induce sleep paralysis to get a lucid dream. Very interesting. Sleep paralysis for me has always been a horrifying and frightening experience. I enter it quite often (accidentally). Usually the experience is filled with being touched, prodded, hurt, or erotically stimulated against my will by some unknown entity that I always think is a demon. Anyway, I have been getting better at combating those. I had one last night, and researching it (yet again) led me here. When I am in sleep paralysis I often have the feeling of levitation or geting rotated around the bed, which is very wierd. I also experience numerous false awakenings during these dreams. I was actually able to reach out and choke one of the dream enties last night and punch the other one even though it was twisting my fingers. That was huge for me.

During normal dreams I am usually able to take control as soon as I realize I am dreaming (which I almost always know) and at least try to influence things. Sometimes I get my way and sometimes I don't. It will be interesting to try some of the stabilization techniques on the site. I hate when I am trying to get something to happen and the dream slips away. My favorite dreams are actually what I would call partly lucid, epic dreams. They are very long, dramatic, detailed and amazing adventure dreams where I just kind of go with the flow and fight monsters or save the world or realize something amazing. I make some decisions in the dreams but I am not really lucid. I always remember these almost completely, and I don't get them quite as often as I would like.

Anyway, I look forward to reading more on the site and picking up some helpful technics. Especially when I accidentally enter sleep paralysis. For me that is a terrible nightmare.