Recurring Nightmares are really harming me

The recurring nightmares began ever since I chanted the mantra, "I will remember my dreams."

I used to have vivid nightmares in the past, but ever since I forgot about my dreams, it had been gone and only popped up occasionally. Now, my passion for lucid dreaming is harming me physically, mentally, and emotionally.

I will try to tell you yesterday/today's dream.

1) I was in this room....it was cube shaped and made me claustrophobic. I couldn't move at all and I felt fear rise up all over my body. I tried yelling, tried fighting against the force that held me down, but I couldn't do anything. I was on my knees and my hands were on my side. After I had run out of breath from screaming, I saw a string appear out of nowhere. It was tinged with red and it began slowly wrapping around my neck. At this point, the claustrophobia and fear took its toll. I remember my conscious almost fading as the string slowly wrapped around my throat. It was cutting off my air supply and it wrapped tighter and tighter with each second. My world was tinged with red as I felt the world spin around. When I woke up, my hands were clutching my throat really hard and I couldn't take it off. It was a good five seconds after I was able to pry my fingers from around my throat. My face was very red and I was crying. It was 3 a.m in the morning and I couldn't fall asleep again. Today was a really tiring day and I'm afraid to go to sleep, but if I could have a lucid dream, I will gladly face more nightmares....

That sounds horrible! Sorry you had to deal with that!

It's good to come up with a game plan of what you will do in case a similar nightmare happens again. Being prepared like this will help put you at ease.