I think I have been able to have lucid dreams to a certain extent all my life.

I have always been able to recall my dreams and i often know I'm dreaming but I can't control them. The main factor in all my 'lucid' dreams is fear, fear and more fear.

I'l give you an example, I work on Rivers here in Wales. The other night i dreamt i was conducting a survey with one of my work mates when the river started flooding, i realised i was dreaming but instead of controlling the dream in a good way its as if my fear took control of the dream. Ive always been afraid of drowning (i'm sure most people are!) and i was scared incase it got higher which it ofcourse did following this thought. The dream ended with me and Jenny (my work mate) clinging to a spike of rock at the top of a mountain with the whole world covered in swirling, speeding water. It was terrifying and i made myself wake up.

This happens alot my biggest fears played out in in my dreams. Its like i think about the worst thing that could happen in this dream and it happens!

I wish i could be a little less afraid of my dreams, i actually have much nicer ones when I'm not aware I'm dreaming, but i would love to be able to control this lucidity a bit better.


Incidently has anyone dreamt they are an animal or a member of the opposite sex or pregnant?

I dreamt i became a cheetah once, it was brilliant, i was running away from someone in my old school and instead of having the usual sluggish problem i got down on all fours and ran exactly like a cheetah all fluid motion, i could cover huge distances in a short space of time.


[edited because ive realised that most people on this website are probably still dreaming as i post this it midday here ]