I very often have horrible dreams. Lots of anxiety dreams. Sometimes full on horror type scenarios. I've noticed though that, even if there's some long, horrible build up to some terrible event happening- even if it does happen even, the dream usually resolves whatever it is with a nicer ending. It's almost like I finally become a little more conscious and decide to spare myself the very worst outcome. Not exactly lucid dreaming. But, more lucid than the start of the dream. How about you? Do your bad dreams stay bad throughout or, do you get a reprieve at the end?
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This is how my dreams usually go, pretty much exactly like you described. Except it's not usually horror scenarios but me being stupid/cringe or ruining some situation or embarrassing myself horribly. Often loosely based on real life events from my past. Towards the end I also become semi-lucid when I realise something horrible is about to happen, usually as a consequence of the bad decisions I made earlier in the dream. Then I sort of "steer" the ending to be less bad than it originally would have been but I don't have full control and I'm not fully aware. Once I become completely lucid 90% of the time I wake up instantly. Interestingly, I rarely remember the content of my dreams after an hour or so of being awake, but I do usually remember the overall themes/sentiments if that makes any sort of sense.
