scary lucid dreams please help?

**emma1** · 09-13-2010 04:09 AM

Hi

i have lucid dreams where i am awake in the dream and i know i'm dreaming i can control aspects of the dream but not everything. i meet demon like characters, i used to run from them, but then i started to confront them, first it worked, but then they started to physically hurt me i.e they touch my spine and it sends exrucciating spazms up my back, because i am aware that i am dreaming i try and wake myself and end up with my eyes open [i think; can see my bedroom but not sure if it is in my dream or real life] and in paralysis in this situation i can just about make noises through my teeth and my boyfriend usually shakes me as he knows the signs that i am in paralysis then i am awake and can move again.

i have never trully explored lucid dreaming as i am frightened of opening a can of worms, my nightmares are traumatic and i dont want to make them worse, but maybe lucid dreaming could be a solution? i just feel that i have a vague belief in the reality of the world of dreams so i dont think i will ever trully be able to control them, i.e i feel as though some of the visions or characters could be external or beyomd my concious. please help me understand this?

**Rissalecki** · 09-13-2010 04:37 AM

hey, well recently i had a dream where i was semi lucid like you being basically bullied around by these guys. and when i finally got away from them (now more lucid) i went to get a gun and go back and kill them ...

but by the time i got the gun they were not in my dream. the reason for this is what you choose to not pay attention to in dreams will disappear. so by ignoring these people completely you will probably fix these nightmares.

*** you will probably get rid of the demons

**Zellpheo** · 09-13-2010 08:13 AM

As Rissalecki was saying, You can do a few things to get rid of these evil things. Since it is your dream, you can will them out of your dream if you like, but sometimes that takes practice to just make something disappear or become under your will. You can also just plain ignoring them. If you do not give attention to a DC then they will disappear, plain and simple (:

**Cacophony** · 09-13-2010 03:44 PM

Hey!

So, there are some difficult techniques that you may want to try that can help.

Spinning can greatly help completely change whatever dream you are. If you start spinning around (always works for me, lots of other people too), it can make your dream turn into something completely different, transporting you to another place. Hopefully the demons can't follow you there!

Also, finding acceptance and love in yourself and extending it to whoever/whatever is attacking you has proven to work most of the time. A lot of the time the dc's will respond to this in surprising ways.

Lucid dreaming can certainly be a great way to overcome your nightmares. You need to harness your own power and learn how to deal with these things that confront you. Reading about different dream control techniques could prove to be very beneficial. The dream control tutorial can be found here.

Good luck!