Hi there everyone. I've been trying to get into lucid dreaming for a while now, but because of how I use logical thought in every day life, I have a hard time trying to LD. Almost every dream I've ever had has been hugely realistic.
My greatest desire is to explore the galaxy. That's what I'm trying to accomplish in my dreams. There's been some fresh information I found here on the forum, and I'm going to try to put it into practical use. I'm also a rather large fellow and toss and turn a lot in my sleep. Anyone have any information that can help me combat this?

In addition, something happened recently that I feel the need to discuss. During my last WILD attempt, I got very close to falling into a dream. Unfortunately, I didn't know that I had to consciously form a scene for me to fall into. As a result, I let fear get a hold of me. I was actually enjoying the physical hallucinations (The vibrations were very relaxing, but a bit foreboding). As a result, a greyish monster formed in my peripheral. I tried to ignore it, given I expected something like it to appear. I braced myself for the visual aspect of it. I couldn't prepare for what happened. Suddenly, the thing snapped, got very, very close to me and slammed a scythe-like appendage into my abdomen. I felt hot metal plunging into me, and the sheer agony of the situation caused me to flip out of my bed. I had never expected, or even imagined something like that happening. When I realized what happened as I lie on the floor, I went to feel for a wound. Nothing, obviously, but I almost felt an echo of pain, a stark reminder of what just happened. Have any of you experienced something this awful before? I realize this is because of my logical thought (I've "imagined" pain before; I wondered what it could feel like to break a major bone so I created a situation in my mind and attempted to simulate the sensation) and I probably won't go through it again. Still though, I haven't tried LDing again because of this. Anyone have some insight on this matter?