I've been able to fly for a few years now. I just recenly started reading on lucid dreaming. I've had a few lucids already... over the past month or so. I just found this site and did some reading a few nights ago. I had my most vivid, controlled lucid dream this morning.... I read on dream spinning, and it works wonderfully. The dream really creeped me out. I had been reading threads on DCs. I'm wonder what exactly are they? I'm giving a shortened, version a bit censored but the main parts should come through.

The dream I had I was getting a ride home with someone (a crush) and their form kept kinda changing, flickering into someone I didn't know. They didn't remain who I had origionally percieved them to be. We ended up in an intimate situation... but I stopped it. I knew something just didn't feel right. When I stopped it I felt a kinda painful squeezing on my leg, a reluctance to let go (I think I used spinning to release the grip)... I was a bit scared. I ended up looking back at them, and asked 'who are you', only to have the dc ask who I was. I tried to respond 'I'm lucid' but my vocal cords wouldn't work. So I mimed asleep. Then I woke myself up... first was a false awakening, but it didn't fool me and proceeded to truly wake myself up.

So... what are DCs and can they do us any harm? The thread said DCs could be good... but way to many people put that they could be quite mean, and energy mongers. This is what I stopped my dream... it almost felt like a feeding on my energy.