Thread: Lucid dream, the most horrible experience in my life. HELP!

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

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Couldn’t I just learn to “block out” the lucid dreams? (Is that even possible?) I’ve done some research and found out that a certain amount of alcohol every night reduces lucid dreams . But that doesn’t seem like a particularly good solution for reasons I’m sure you can understand.
Now that I haven’t had any dreams that I remember for a couple of days I’m not as afraid as I was before. And I like it to stay this way. If I don’t have any more LDs I’ll probably be able to repress this experience after a while and go back to normal or something.

Well… yes and no. I does help to think about that no one have slaughtered me in my sleep yet. But the fact that it can happen, even though it’s not likely is still not very pleasant. I mean, yes – it is just as likely to happen while I’m awake, but at least then I will be able to defend myself. If my house catch on fire when I’m awake I simply walk out and dile 112. If I’m asleep I’ll burn to death or at least be deap-fried.
Honestly, I don’t understand how you can not find this terrifying or at least a bit scary.

Besides, if someone is afraid of for example bridges, people will tell him that the fear is completely irrational just because a bridge hasn’t collapsed under him yet. But bridges do collapse, and people are burnt to death while sleeping. Unlikely- but it does happen. I’m not trying to be impossible here, I’m just trying to explain why I’m afraid to prevent more people from assuming I’m insane.

Originally Posted by Insikt

Couldn’t I just learn to “block out” the lucid dreams? (Is that even possible?) I’ve done some research and found out that a certain amount of alcohol every night reduces lucid dreams . But that doesn’t seem like a particularly good solution for reasons I’m sure you can understand.
Now that I haven’t had any dreams that I remember for a couple of days I’m not as afraid as I was before. And I like it to stay this way. If I don’t have any more LDs I’ll probably be able to repress this experience after a while and go back to normal or something.

Well… yes and no. I does help to think about that no one have slaughtered me in my sleep yet. But the fact that it can happen, even though it’s not likely is still not very pleasant. I mean, yes – it is just as likely to happen while I’m awake, but at least then I will be able to defend myself. If my house catch on fire when I’m awake I simply walk out and dile 112. If I’m asleep I’ll burn to death or at least be deap-fried.
Honestly, I don’t understand how you can not find this terrifying or at least a bit scary.

Besides, if someone is afraid of for example bridges, people will tell him that the fear is completely irrational just because a bridge hasn’t collapsed under him yet. But bridges do collapse, and people are burnt to death while sleeping. Unlikely- but it does happen. I’m not trying to be impossible here, I’m just trying to explain why I’m afraid to prevent more people from assuming I’m insane.

We're all going to die eventually... but if you're living a life in fear, then what's the point of living?

You can't avoid dreams and go through life afraid of sleep. Get over it and conquer your fears. They're called nightmares, they happen. You have to accept this in order to alleviate your fears.

Originally Posted by cessna

We're all going to die eventually... but if you're living a life in fear, then what's the point of living?

You can't avoid dreams and go through life afraid of sleep. Get over it and conquer your fears. They're called nightmares, they happen. You have to accept this in order to alleviate your fears.

Well, it's not like I want to be afraid. I'm just finding it hard to stop.

Originally Posted by Insikt

Well, it's not like I want to be afraid. I'm just finding it hard to stop.

well of course. if it wasn't hard then there would be no fear. but especially in the case of something that you must do every day, you can't avoid it. hard or not you have to find a way to face your fears and get rid of them.

i read and responded to this topic just before going to sleep last night. made me think of some of the nightmares i've had. going to sleep, i knew i was going to have one because that was the last thing on my mind. but instead of being afraid i was thinking of past nightmares and how i could conquer them. not coincidentally, i had a 'nightmare' last night. it wasn't lucid, but i was aware that it was a nightmare. but i wasn't afraid, and i went searching for the cause of the nightmare (forget what it was). instead of being a bad dream, it was a cool one.