The Dark Secret of Lucid Dreaming

I've only ever lucid dreamed once. I was on Wipeout

I knew a guy who tried lucid dreaming and got so engrossed in it that he stopped being able to tell what was dreaming and what was reality and started doing crazy things because he thought it was in a dream and couldn't affect anybody in the real world. Dreams and consciousness are some scary things.

When I was a kid I read a book on lucid dreaming and decided to work on it. Now I regularly lucid dream, not every night but often, and I've never had any issues with it.

I've worked on lucid dreaming for a while and am able to do it. I'm pretty good at it but i rarely do it because some medicine i take gives me terrifying nightmares so it can get way to intense for me

I used to lucid dream a lot when I younger, and I had no idea what was happening to me but I knew that this wasn't ordinary sleeping. Earlier this year I read about lucid dreaming and I finally found out what it was

I've always been able to lucid dream, and I've never once had sleep paralysis.

I wish I had the ability to do that. I can never lucid dream

Sleep paralysis is one of the scariest things I've ever experienced

Every time I see a post about lucid dreaming all I can think is "this person obvs hasn't seen Insidious..."

When I was a kid I had a nightmare every night as well, up until I was five. It would always present itself as a part of my daily routine gone awry, like me getting up to go to the bathroom and a pit opening under my feet or an invasion of hateful monsters. They always ended when I found out I was dreaming, so I just woke myself up as soon as a recurring dream began to unveil. I can now tell when they are coming before I fall asleep, but it scarred my reality so badly that happy imagination ended when I was a child.
Don't live your dreams, as they can be more real than you can imagine.

I once forgot the difference between dream and reality, but I was in a lucid dream when it happened. Quick fact, the smarter you are, the faster you can dream. So one full year in a dream can be only 12 hours in reality. For me, I forgot I was dreaming and spent what felt like 3 years dreaming, and when I finally woke up because I died in the dream, it was actually 4 days later. My parents thought I was in a coma. I didn't lucid dream for years after that.

Since I was a kid I often experienced sleep paralysis and as an adult I still do and it one of the scariest feelings I have experienced. The same method the author uses to wake up is also the only way I can get out of it too, eyes shut and rapid breaths.

Less than ten percent of people will experience sleep paralysis in their lives. It's very rare for it to experience it regularly

Exactly. Lucid dreaming is not all fun ang games

I lucid dream frequently but I've never had sleep paralysis. But I do have something called exploding head syndrome where when I start to fall asleep I hear a loud bang or scream that wakes me up. It gets worse if I'm stressed or sleep deprived.

Sometimes I realize that my dream is not real but I still can't do anything to change my dream. I'd say I've lucid dreamed at least 3 or 4 times that I specifically remember.

I don't know how to lucid dream, but I have woken up with sleep paralysis, often with my head face down in the pillow. :/

When I'm dreaming I always realize that I'm dreaming and i can kinda control what I'm doing, so I guess that's lucid dreaming.

That's scary

I only got sleep paralysis twice but strangely separate from lucid dreaming
Other wise no problem for me