Hello everyone, I hope this is the right place to put this. I've been a lurker on this forum for quite a few weeks, waiting for my account to get approved. And thus, this is my first post.

I've been fascinated with lucid dreams for a few months now. Kept a dream journal for 2 months (stopped doing that a bit, because I've been really tired lately), and have been doing reality checks, not as much as I used to these days. But I still do them regularly I'd say. Anyways, I want to start doing WILD. And while I've read the big thread about Sleep Paralysis and think I understand it (I'm going to refer to Hypnagogic Hallucinations as SP for comfort but I know the difference), I'm still a bit scared for it, and yes I know it's not required for WILD but I suppose I want to assume it'll happen for me for some reason if that makes sense. I know it's not real, and that it's just my subconscious, and I think the idea of it is pretty fascinating and on the other hand I suppose I also want to experience it just so I know what it's like. But on the other hand, I can't imagine something more frightening than SP. And that's for two reasons: You're still awake: opposed to a lucid dream, you're still in the real world or so to speak. Which seems more scary to me than a dream world. And two, I don't think you have any control do you? Like if something scary happens in a lucid dream you can just make it disappear, kill it, destroy it, replace it, but if you hear or see scary things in SP you can't like close your ears (I suppose that if you don't open your eyes you won't see anything).

I've tried laying completely still when I go to bed (without WBTB) and for some reason I can swear that sometimes I get this weird sensation in my head as if it's working. Not that I'm going through SP but that it's close if that makes sense. That if I'll just lay still for a few more minutes it'll happen. But then I get freaked out, and turn around and just go to sleep (the fear is also then spiraling a bit, so let's say I'll get afraid of seeing/hearing demons. Then I realize that (I think) if you expect scary stuff to happen, the scary stuff will happen. And then I get even more freaked out because I'm thinking about the scary things, etc etc., something about having nothing to fear but fear itself am I right)

But yeah like I said in the beginning. I do really want to do WILD, and even for some reason want to experience SP just so I know what it's really like. But does anyone have any tips on how to get over that fear?

Let me know if I should put this in another forum!