I dont lucid dream too often but i write out my dreams almost every morning in a journal. I gotta ask, do you get phased by bad nightmares? when i have a nightmare like sayy, im being chased by a monster, something that would stereotypically scare a person… I’ll wake up it doesn’t upset me, it’ll interests me. and while i was terrified in the dream, in real life i get excited because i dreamed of something cool like a monster concept or a plot line Its like the feeling of watching a movie

glumshoe:

I’ve found that “nightmare” is a classification of dreams that has more to do with the emotions it causes me than it does the actual content of the dream.

A dream about being chased and murdered by demons might not be a nightmare, if I experience it as an interesting adventure or story. An innocuous dream about sharpening a pencil might wake me up in sheer terror and be the worst nightmare I have for a month.

My most common “nightmares” that wake me up screaming or crying are about my family and friends. They often have strong negative energies about them that are sometimes tied to the plot of the dream, but not always. Most of my monster dreams are neutral, often enjoyable, but rarely true nightmares.

If I’ve played video games recently, I tend to have a lot of dreams that would be terrible to actually experience (i.e. fighting monsters), but I experience them with sort of a detached, mild interest. They feel kinda like video games themselves- I know how I want one thing or another to go, and I have a bit of investment in other characters not dying, but that’s it.