Been a while since I’ve been here, I should really get back into Lucid dreaming but something else has brought me here…
For the last week, almost every dream I have is very bad; boarding on a nightmare.
There are no ghosts or monsters, but people I know like friends/not friends and even people from college…they always seem to want to harm me…in the last week I’ve been shot, stabbed and strangled every night. I always have the feeling of being utterly helpless during the dream too, like I can’t ever escape. Once I tried running, but got shot. Most of the time I’m on my knees getting strangled for long periods of time.
Recently I have discovered a submissive nature about myself and become interested in BDSM - could this be apart of it? Apart from that life is good with new job opportunities and a potential girlfriend. Why could this be happening to me?
Hi man, I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had alot of nightmares. I think it could be due to something you experienced/saw lately? Maybe it could be due to anxiety from the new job/girlfriend, I’m not really sure, I dont have many nightmares so I can’t help much 
By the way, what is this BDSM you mentioned?
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Google)
So, thanks to Google, I assume you are referring to the sexual lifestyle of BDSM. It makes sense, considering the content of your dreams. If the dreams appeared at about the same time as your interest in this lifestyle, then I think you’re right on the money with your guess. If you want to continue the lifestyle but stop the dreams, I suggest trying to use dream control techniques, and not just lucid dreaming. Determine that you will fight off any attackers in your dreams, visualize it, repeat a mantra before bed. You ought to get some good results.
P.S. Sorry about the lateness of these replies. I suppose your topic got lost in the cloud for a while.
They seemed to have slowed down…I must having been thinking about that kind of stuff throughout the week to induce them. Thanks everyone for helpful information 