Thread: Keeping it real in SP?

Hello there, while I haven't introduced myself yet, I will do it on another day... For now I have a question (probably reason why I registered)

I have been starting to get interested in lucid dreams; some years ago I actually got a DILD, but that was about it. Maybe I didn't take it seriously enough by then, so nothing else happened. For some weeks by now I've been getting into the WILD scene and I have even started to feel some good ol' vibrations. Problem being, I'm a super fraidy cat, thank the Internet for its anonymity, so I'm a bit of a child, which never grew up in some things. When I got the closest to it once, I just had to stop it there quickly. Everytime I try to WILD, I nearly get, if any (most of the times none) hypnagogic imagery. With nothing to think about, it's just like an hourglass getting always nearer to SP. I don't have that much fear; what I fear is my fear (^^) and my mind's capability to probably think of something so TRULY amazingly frightening if I were to get to SP. The method for stopping SP is staying calm. How can I make sure I stay calm and don't panic immediately at hearing a voice or something? Aside from that, even better, could there be any particular reason for me not getting hypnagogic imagery and if yes, is there something I can do about it? It's probably my mind being uncreative, so I don't know how that can be helped, though...

Thanks in advance!