Thread: Fear

I experienced a lucid dream years before I realized what a lucid dream was. I remember acknowledging in my dream that I was infact dreaming. But I wasn't experienced enough to be able to control the dream.

When I discovered this site, I was excited to begin Lucid Dream Travel... I absorbed a ton of information on obtaining lucidity and have tried and tried several times to become lucid. The problem is this:

I am afraid. I'm afraid of sleep paralysis. I'm afraid of not being able to awake when I want to. I'm afraid of experiencing a false awakening and not being able to get out of the dream world. I'm afraid of losing control of my mind.

Think about it... think about false awakenings and all these reality checks. Doesn't that scare you? It scares me when I find myself checking clocks and light switches in my waking life... It troubles me. I mean, shouldn't I just KNOW I'm awake? or dreaming? Isn't it just common sense?

LucidLisa