I was in a very severely panicked state of mind in a dream when I was walking through my parent's home becoming more and more convinced that it had been burglarized while I was away (I didn't turn on the alarm as I recalled).

All of a sudden I just stopped -- and realized that I was in a state of panic that was controlling me, and that this was not helping anything. I took a breath, let the panic leave me, and continued on with the dream.
Didn't get lucid though :/. I've been practicing the "Stop!" method in "Wherever You Go, There You Are" where you just stop whatever you're doing and notice your breath.

I think this is really hopeful! I will work on incorporating a notion of "dream" along with these "stop" moments (actually I usually do an RC at the same time). Yay!