Afraid of Lucid Dreaming

I have been having many dreams in which I experience great pain or suffering. The experiences are so vivid, I do not realize I am dreaming until I awake in cold sweats, coughing or out of breath.

I have had two suffocation dreams. One choking, and one vomiting. All very recently. I've also had unreal car chases, and 'killers' in my house.

I want to expand my dreaming experiences, but I find it difficult to because I am very afraid of these types of dreams.

Could anyone help me, maybe?

Sounds to me like you're afraid of nonlucid dreaming. In any case, that will hold a heavy psychological block which may impede your progress to having lucid dreams.

Just try to understand that there is nothing to be afraid of in a lucid dream. In a lucid dream, the universe is at your fingertips, and it would be a perfect opportunity to learn how to overcome these fears. I see you're a new member, so just read around the forums and you'll start picking up ways and techniques on how to have lucid dreams so that you may begin your improvement. Good luck! :D

I do not know the techniques that the tutorials mention so maybe they have ideas like this but here is a simple idea. AS you go to sleep say one or two words in your mind over and over. Time it with your breathing. This will put that thought deep into your sleeping mind. Maybe with each inhalation you can think "sweet dreams" and just keep it up until you drift off.

As we grow, we develop such complex fears (darn that normal human characteristic) and could become such a road block to our own potential. A lot of fearful situations seem to be appearing strongly in your dreams.

You should not however develop the fear of lucid dreaming. I hope you find the courage to overcome these dreams and continue to explore lucid dreaming to expand your dreaming experience.
Sounds like you might be a natural, as you are already having vivid dreams.
Try to think or visualize positive outcomes, and get away from worrying or dwelling on the negative outcomes.
Good luck.

It sounds to me like you are having nightmares that are too 'overpowering'. The thing about lucid dreaming is, it's exactly the opposite.

The thing that these kind of dreams is that you are sub-consciously lured into a distressing situation where your mind tells you you have no power over it, and this can be extremely distressing from your experiences.

I just want to ask, if it's not embarrassing, do you know why you have these dreams? Have you had bad past experience of something, or do you have any known mental health problems?

The most important thing to remember is, Lucid dreaming is not your enemy on this subject. In fact, it's quite the contrary. Lucid dreaming is frequently used amongst people wishing to get rid of their nightmares, because as they say, the most effective way to get rid of your fears is to attack them head on.
If you have a lucid dream, and can control them, simply conjure up the 'killer' in your mind and turn the tables. Give them a taste of your foot and say very loudly in your head 'NEVER bother me AGAIN!!!'

Granted that might sound a little farfetched to you, but believe me, it works for many people (myself included, I did it when I couldn't get rid of an annoying, demon-like dream character).

If the dreams continue, I'd recomend seeing a psychologist or buying a book on dreams, or on mental health (judging by your description, I'd almost certainly say it has something to do with mental health). I'd also recomend you take a look at the following pages:

http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/teachers/NMrid.htm
http://www.interpc.fr/mapage/western...ightmares.html
http://www.dreams.ca/nightmares.htm

Oh, and before I forget, confidence is the key. Be confident that you can stop these dreams. Just go to bed, believing in yourself and that you have absolute power over your dreams. After all, you and your dreams are one and the same.

Hope that helps, and good luck! :D

I used to have a lot of dreams like this when I was younger, Like stuff that would scare the life out of me, for example the end of the world, being chased by police or murderers, this was when I first because lucid and realised that these dreams can stop, and I can stop them from happening. For me it was a blessing in disguise really as from then on it has helped me have more LDs.

Maybe this could help you too. Go to bed knowing that if you do have any of these dreams, that you will stop them!

I think you can actualy turn this into a helpful thing as far as LDs go. Whenever these dreams come to mind, or you see something in waking life even slightly reminiscent of them, OR you see something that randomly makes you think of them... do a reality check. by doing this often, it will more than likely cause you to become lucid during these dreams so you can change them to be more pleasant. Or, in the context of killers, create a gun and blow them away. :) I've done that, and it is awesome. Feel free to PM me with any questions.

I don't believe you should be afraid of dream lucidity. In fact, with practice it could become your greatest asset in getting past your nightmares.

There are several options you have here, each requiring different levels of lucid dream capability.

In my personal experience, I have nightmares infrequently. However, when I do, I usually become lucid based on the circumstances in the dream. Then, based on the upsetting nature of the dream along with the instant realization of lucidity, I usually wake up or have a complete scene change. In either case, the immediate unpleastries are behind me.

The more advanced suggestion would be to eliminate the negative karmic seed which is inducing your nightmares to begin with. Tibetan dream yoga focuses a great deal on this concept. Laberge has a more down to earth write-up in EWOLD. The basic idea is to realize your dreaming within the nightmare, and then to declare that nothing can actually hurt you, treat attackers with compassion and tell them you know they're not real, and so forth. Laberge has an entire chapter on the subject. Best case scenario has you eliminating the seed of the nightmare and never having to deal with it again.

I think you should do some more reading on this particular subject.

ur paanoide or u r face down it ur pillow

sp with your face in ur pillow is scarey trust me