Hello. I'm new here and this is my first post. I have been having lucid dreams since a child and thought everyone did until I was an adult and I heard people talking how they wished they could. For most of my life they have been typical and almost boring. Until about 10 years ago when they turned dark. And I mean dark like creepy dark cold rainy horror movies. How it goes is I realize I'm dreaming. Check my hands to make sure. Try to wake up and can't then panic I might be dead and this is my hell. Or I'm in a coma or something bad is happening to my son and I'm sleeping through it. Then I wake up, I'm relived and BAM nope still dreaming. And something bad is happening something is coming for me. I feel sick I try to scream but it's like screaming under water I try to run but it's like running in mud. It's always dark and hard to see. I'll finally wake up and sit up in bed trying to shake off the horrible feeling but then again realize I'm still freaking dreaming. And when I do actually wake up I'm fuzzy and off all day. What the hell is wrong with me? How do I wake up. Lately the lucid nightmares have been slowing down and been having other type ones that are more pleasent. But these nightmares are terrifying. Any advice or similar stories would help