Should we force ourself awaken if horrible thing happens while Lucid

[gandhi]

Ok, as it goes, in Lucid, I dream of a character whose trying to evade me, and at instance I am both the evader and the chaser, and I change roles from time to time, I try to go out and look for it, yet I can not find it, and I feel its energy all around, then out of no where the entity attacks with a sword to my neck, I do not die, and somehow bow down to this entity, and thats that.. I am still having hard time making sense of this, any help will be appreciated..

[eppy]

huh?

[seinfeld55]

Whoa, that's weird. I've never been that good at interpretations, but this is deep. Does it recur? I don't really know what to tell you on how to deal with it.

[Shift]

I'm not 100% sure why you'd waste a good lucid by forcing yourself to wake up. Just go read the Dream Control sections and get over it. None of it is 'real', there is no sword in your neck, so just stand up and direct the dream.

[doddolfur]

I just figured out recently that my lack of lucid dreaming past months was due to my nervous belives of my dreams. I think you can always turn the picture around. I've been having such a pleasant experiences last days just because I've been more relaxed about what is accuring to me in them. For example, the other day I was starting to be lucid and suddenly I started seeing alot of devils signs curved in the ceiling and really disturbing sounds of children crying. What I used to do in these circumstances was to panic and force myself to wake up , but when this happened I just focused on remaining calm and relaxed and tried not to become afraid or panic. And it worked like hell. In a split second my vision turned into something really beautiful and suddenly I was flying. So that's what I'm focusing on right now, always be calm and relaxed and not to let disturbing images destroy my visions.

[megamorphg]

Just go read the Dream Control sections and get over it. None of it is 'real', there is no sword in your neck, so just stand up and direct the dream. Exactly! Everything is an illusion so don't bow out of your dreams just because it seems confusing/life-threatening. You are the master of this world. That might be an interpretation of your dream itself: the "other you" who holds the sword up to your neck may be the one who tries to take over your dream world and prevent you from unlocking greater skill with LDs. This kind of reminds me of Bleach and Ichigo's fight with his inner hollow.

[Dash]

Just ignore whatever it is. Nothing really 'exists' if you don't think about it in LDs.

[linkrid]

i wouldnt say not 'real' whatever is happening is real at the time, but its good to realise that you cant be harmed, i feel pain in dreams, but it only reaches a sertain point then stops, maybe due to a memory of what it feels like in this reality, but even in this reality its just your senses that pick up on the pain, i think to treat everything as fake as opposed to is a lacking a bit of respect, even if the dream is all you, its still real if you think you are real, fortunately for me i dont or havent experienced anything that extreme, but with uncomfortable things i just try to remain calm and relax my way out of situations.

[Hiro]

Well, I don't have a whole lot of experience, but in my first lucid dream I got attacked by this freakish looking monster who started biting me. I gave him a hug. He called me a fag, but he left me alone after that. Maybe try something similar?

[seeker28]

Well, I don't have a whole lot of experience, but in my first lucid dream I got attacked by this freakish looking monster who started biting me. I gave him a hug. He called me a fag, but he left me alone after that. Maybe try something similar? Awesome! LOL! I've had hundreds of scary, frustrating, painful, and disturbing lucid dreams. I used to make myself wake up from them. I wasn't ready to turn around and confront the source, so it worked for me. But now I try not to do that because I want to get over the fear that is the source of these dreams. Where else can you face a tornado, a sword-wielding maniac, a hungry African lion, etc without any chances of bodily harm? Dreams are the perfect place to confront and then release fears!

[Iamerik]

Hugging/befriending someone who is hostile to you is usually the best way to make them stop. WARNING: Applies only in dreams.

[seeker28]

Hugging/befriending someone who is hostile to you is usually the best way to make them stop. WARNING: Applies only in dreams. LOL! Can you imagine trying that in waking life?! I've gotten really good about not waking myself up when I am afraid. I've flown into tornados, been eaten by wolves, been mauled by a lion, befriended my childhood bully, etc. But know what still freaks me out so much that I still wake myself up every time? Bees.