Lucid Dreaming Trouble

Bit of background first, I try to lucid dream most nights and I keep a dream journal to both keep track of all my dreams and to enhance future ones.

The dream started like this - I was trying to enter my mom's number into a phone, but no matter how many times I tried, it just wouldn’t work right. The phone seemed to flicker with an unearthly light, the numbers shifting and dancing like an enchantment gone awry.

Frustration grew, and I paused, a whisper of doubt crossing my mind. Almost like I was being possessed by another dreamer.

Suddenly, I found myself in a moonlit forest. An altar stood before me, candles flickering with an otherworldly flame. The air was charged with the presence of something powerful, and I realized I was not alone. Shadows danced around me, figures with glowing eyes watching from the darkness.

A voice, deep and resonant, broke the silence. "You are at the threshold of power, but you turn away." It was then I realized I had stopped myself from dreaming, from embracing the full potential of the dream. I noticed demons lurking at the edges of my vision who seemed to mock me, their laughter mingling with the rustling leaves.

The realization hit me hard, and I woke up with a start, sweating. I had been so close to unlocking something profound, only to let it slip away. Lucid dreaming, and indeed all dreaming, is a sacred journey, a realm where we can tap into hidden truths and unlock the vast reservoirs of our imaginations. I keep asking myself today why I failed to harness the transformative power of my own subconscious last night and was so frightened I had to stop myself.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

That was a cool dream.

The only thing I learned through lucid dreaming is that I lack imagination. 😅 When I finally have power to create whatever I like, my head is empty and it's almost always just my common everyday surroundings. Only three times I was actually able to create some interesting environment around me. Also, anything sexual is off table as I'd wake up before anything could happen.
I never tried to induce lucid dreaming, I don't even know how would that be possible to force intentionally. It comes randomly, fleetingly and is closely tied with sleep paralysis so I don't really have any good reason to attempt to induce it.
After all, I realized that the surprise element of regular dreams is way more valuable than the control and predictability I'm supposed to have in a lucid dream.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@CrazyMusicLover I had to chuckle at your comment about sexual dreams.

I have very few, and they are more romantic than erotic. In fact I had one only a couple of nights ago. I recall the first time one of my dreams wandered vaguely towards erotic, I woke up because at the time I was still very naive and innocent, and literally did not know what might happen next!

I had no idea you can induce any sort of dream, "lucid" (however you define that) or not.

Dreams are fleeting normally. I think they compress time and remove our perception of it, so a "story" set over say, an hour, is over in moments.

I've not knowingly had sleep paralysis (if I am asleep at the time...) but have occasionally had those unpleasant falling sensations. I think those and their comrades-in-fright, pressure and floating feelings, could be behind some of the most common "ghost-story" themes from the past, before their physiological reality was found.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@ArishMell They are really disappointing. 😅 When I realize I'm dreaming I either get very serious about it, feel trapped and believe I have to wait till I wake up or I get the upsurge of crazy childlike joy and eagerness, test flying ability in the room first and if it works, I fly out of the window. Once I had that upsurge telling myself "I'm going to summon this person now and do stuff" but just as the person appeared I realized I was going to wake up so I had to suppress it all and quickly invent a new scene. 🤦🏻‍♀️

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@CrazyMusicLover I know what you mean.

Errr, worse than that. I have very nearly injured or even killed myself by omitting the test procedures. These were nightmares based on escaping some imagined physical danger such as being about to be trapped by a vehicle, and I think associated with stress and other problems at the time.