Lucid Dreaming

[Clueless Morgan]

Is lucid dreaming dangerous? I'm intrigued by the idea, but I've heard horror stories about people who have brought on their own death by lucid dreaming, which obviously scares me away from it.

Sounds more like you're talking about sleep walking than lucid dreaming - lucid dreaming is when you become aware that you're dreaming while in the throws of the dream. You don't actually get up and walk around or do things while lucid dreaming, unless you're also, simultaneously, a sleep walker.

Also, I don't think I've ever had a lucid dream, so it this something that can't happen by accident?

I don't know if it can't happen by accident; I think it probably could. I'm not a lucid dreamer but I've had dreams where I've been aware that something is "off" (like being in my parents house but it's too big, or too small, or proportions are wrong, or something; or being in my childhood neighborhood and the streets are wider, the landscapes different, the houses further away or cleaner than in real life, roofs are different, hills are steeper, etc.) which makes me aware that I'm dreaming, but I never really become capable of controlling my actions in the dream, I just continue in the dream with this strange awareness going on in the background. This is markedly different from the times that I realize something was "off" about the dream only after I wake up.