Thoughts on Lucid Dreaming

So, I've been thinking about what lucid dreaming will actually feel like. I've heard and read about these "out-of-body experiences" and I've been starting to think about it. It seems like an odd and eerie sensation that I'm not too exited to experience. It reminds me almost of a dead feeling, when one is about to pass away, and they can see themselves separated from their body. Every time I think of this, I think of Tim O'Brien's experience in Vietnam which he wrote about in his book The Things They Carried. He says he experienced it after being shot, in the butt, and was going into shock, about to die. That thought really won't get out of my head and its making me more and more anxious about it. I'm nervous about it, yet I can't wait to experience a lucid dream. It's kind of odd in a way. Basically, I'm confused.