Sharing some of my progress with lucid dreaming

[Sarahinthesky]

I was having snippets of lucidity in dreams but not able to control them.  I did have a wonderful experience though and it felt like a personal victory.  In this dream I was with some friends and we were walking in an industrial part of town to another friend's loft.  We reached an outdoor staircase on our route but heard male voices yelling angrily from above and gunshots.  We quickly slipped into a door to go unnoticed until the commotion was over.  Inside was a cavernous old warehouse.  It was all wooden and dark, no steel beams or metal doors.  On the far side there was somewhat of a stage and I went and danced on it laughing, and everyone was making a racket.  I realized we should be being quiet so I hushed everyone and we found some candles and sat around a table.  We heard the door jiggle and open and immediately was frightened it was the men from outside.  They came in and said they heard gunshots too and wanted to get outta harm's way.  We sat around talking for a bit, and then the men turned ugly.  They confessed they had the gun and had just killed someone outside and threatened to rape the women.  My head spun with what to do and how to get us out of the situation.  Then all of a sudden, I realized that never have I been afraid like this and something wasn't right.  i stood up and yelled at the man threatening me that he wasn't even real, he was only in my dreams, and all the menace left his face and the danger disappeared.  I woke up proud of myself for fighting and overcoming fear. 

[Szaxx]

Proof of hitting fear head on is the best way to go.

[roman67]

Nice dream. Thanks for sharing it. If you want to control your lucid dream then you should do reality checks. Rubbing hands together is the best reality check ever.