Lucid dreaming is the art of controlling your dreams. Say you have a dream of you walking down the street. You can't really hold on to it, only feels like it's a couple of seconds long, and you can't control it. Here's the difference with lucid dreaming. You can control it, do what you want. It's like your own little universe. It is completely amazing. Last night I had my first lucid dream, and I'm going to have hundreds more after this. I was at Hogwarts (I know, I'm a nerd) and I flew through the air. I was controlling everything and it was all so vivid and real. I flew down to the ground when Snape came from nowhere and started shooting fireballs at me. I paused my dream to open a little selection menu above my head, and selected an ice crystal. I picked it up and felt the coldness of the ice. It was amazing.
The human body is amazing. If you can trick it into making your body fall asleep, but not your mind, you will be paralyzed. For lucid dreaming, that is a good thing. That's when you can 'take off' into your lucid dream. So basically, your body is asleep while your mind is fully awake. Oh god, it is incredible. I recommend to all of you to research on it and try it. I want to share this experience with you all.
To everyone that is scared: There is nothing wrong with it. By 'paralyzed', I mean in a sleeping state. You can easily wake up by changing your breathing pattern. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask.
Have a nice time lucid dreaming.
