I am using lucid dreaming as a form of therapy. I am afraid of interacting with people because bad things happened to me in the past. From time to time I experience lucid dreams and I try to interact with the people in my dream but only if the people seem nice. Because of the fact that I know that I am dreaming and that I am in control I do things that I usually would not do. For example a couple of months ago I actually touched someone I like in my lucid dream. When I woke up I felt very good. I had extreme confidence in myself again. Lucid dreaming helps me a lot. I can try things. I can expose myself to things I am afraid of and usually when I have done something in a lucid dream and the experience was not too bad I am able to try it in the real world.