This is the third occasion where I have encountered this. As I was lying in bed I WILDed, something I seem to do naturally without trying, and drifted off into lucidity. This last occasion was quite odd to be sure. I was very lucid and I even convinced a DC that he was dreaming too. (A friend of mine, I wonder if it was him or a DC).

Anyways, the point is halfway through my lucid's they have seemed to be taking a bad turn. The sky turns dark, I hear screaming in the background. My friend is crying for help. Me, being lucid on all these occasions think to myself, oh, I'll just beat the shit out of whatever is hurting my friend.

On all three occasions I have met these dark creatures. Sometimes they take the form of men, sometimes they take the form of demons or monsters. Every time, even though I know they can't hurt me and I should be able to destroy them easily, it's my dream...I can't. They don't die no matter what I do and I end up waking up afterward to escape them.

What the hell is going on? Anyone experience this? Is this some problem in my waking life I need to settle?