It’s a little moot to argue if something is fun or not, considering fun is something very subjective. One persons fun is sitting with a good book, whilst another person’s is riding down the side of a mountain in a kayak. It’s a bit blinkered to insist that its impossible for somebody to find the feelings and sensations one may feel during sleep paralysis an interesting and engaging experience. I’ve spoken to several people who find experiences of the mind very interesting indeed. I’ve heard of others speak of a feeling they described as ‘the void’ as feeling lonely and miserable. I felt the same thing and for me it was immensely peaceful and relaxing. It’s all down to perspective.
As far as entering it every night goes, the theory is that we enter sleep paralysis to prevent us from acting out our dreams, it’s logical and would fit with other theories, do you have actual empirical evidence to suggest this theory is incorrect? (Hearsay is not evidence, just to be clear there. That means, I know X group of people and they don’t think they do, is worthless as far as it being evidence from an empirical point of view. I hope I don’t need to divulge into reasoning as to why.) Perhaps a link to a reputable study done on the topic would be nice.
I don’t want to drop into a “No, YOU prove YOUR claims” debate here. I’m making no claims about what happens when you sleep, simply asking you to make the next logical step and back your attack on the current working theory with some evidence, since that seems to be how science progresses. Otherwise you are merely saying, “You might be wrong!” in which case, the reply is, “yes, we might, but the theory fits and works at the moment, please give me a reason to change it and/or pose another useful theory.”
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Back to the original poster;
- Perhaps, walking into a dark room can be scary if you let yourself be afraid of the monsters that might be lurking there. I’m not a child anymore, and if I choose to I can still be afraid of the dark. I just learned to control that fear.
- Sort of a crossover between the two.
- Absolutely no evidence of this whatsoever.
I tried WILD quite a lot, and there was an instance where I felt myself going into a bad SP experience. My own sense of fear began to build and blow out of proportion. I cut the fear off, which sadly broke my concentration too. From those who said they had turned SP experiences positive, the main thing seemed to be, to accept that your mind is working with and for you. It’s not out to get you. As far as I can tell, It’s the belief that it is, that works to create the experience of negativity. Coupled perhaps with the natural inherent fear of being unable to move, which for an animal could be dangerous.
My perspective is, that if anything is ‘harmful’ about SP, it’s that people worry and fear it. This exact pattern is what can cause people to become terrified of chickens or apples. Fear of fear is really going to amplify to a fever pitch and paralyse you. (please forgive the pun. 
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Good for them.