Lucid dreamers may encounter not only friendly but also threatening dream figures in their lucid dreams. The present study of German-speaking lucid dreamers explored the frequency of threatening dream figures in lucid dreams and how lucid dreamers responded to them. An online questionnaire was completed by 528 respondents, of whom 386 had lucid dream experience. According to their reports, about half of the dream characters encountered in lucid dreams are friendly, but about a fifth of them are threatening. Threatening dream figures are encountered more by women and more frequent nightmare sufferers, but less by more frequent lucid dreamers. When dealing with threatening dream characters, lucid dreamers most often defend themselves by fighting, with flying away and working toward resolution as the next most likely responses. More frequent nightmare sufferers showed more avoidance behavior, whereas more frequent lucid dreamers worked toward resolution of the conflict. The findings lend some support to the idea that encounters with threatening dream characters may represent the interpsychic or psychosocial conflicts of the dreamer. Thus, when encountering a threatening dream figure, lucid dreamers could perhaps be advised not to avoid it, but rather to confront the figure and seek resolution.

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内鬼：在清醒梦中遇到威胁的梦境人物。

清醒梦者在清醒梦中不仅会遇到友好的人，还会遇到威胁性的梦境人物。目前对讲德语的清醒梦者的研究探索了清醒梦中威胁性梦境人物的频率以及清醒梦者如何回应他们。在线问卷由 528 名受访者完成，其中 386 人有清醒梦的经历。根据他们的报告，在清醒梦中遇到的梦境人物中，大约有一半是友好的，但其中大约五分之一是具有威胁性的。女性和更频繁的噩梦患者更多地遇到威胁性的梦境人物，但更频繁的清醒梦者更少遇到。在处理具有威胁性的梦中人物时，清醒梦者最常通过战斗来保护自己，然后飞走并努力解决问题作为接下来最可能的反应。更频繁的噩梦患者表现出更多的回避行为，而更频繁的清醒梦者则努力解决冲突。这些发现为以下观点提供了一些支持，即遇到威胁性的梦境人物可能代表了做梦者的心理或社会心理冲突。因此，当遇到威胁性的梦境人物时，或许可以建议清醒梦者不要回避它，而是直面这个人物并寻求解决方案。