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Last night while I was dreaming I began to suspect that it was a dream so I did the palms reality check. When I examined my hands they looked perfectly normal and I had 5 fingers. I then tried to look at a text to see if it changes. I looked at the text and away 3 times and it didn't change. After that I decided to try one last reality check. I closed my mouth and blocked my nose to see if I can breath and I couldn't. Does anybody know why these reality checks failed and what's the best reality check to try? The text one never failed me a single time before. |
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Hey there, |
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Thanks for relpying. The palms reality check has failed me several times in the past but this is the first time that the text one failed. |
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I have read your post,and i think i know what is wrong. |
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It is dream,you can feel pain.but (as i said in my previous reply,think of pinching yourself as painless.if you think it will hurt,it will.and if you think it will hurt,it will hurt.and yes it does work like that,you pinch yourself and if it hurts you are in reality,and vice versa. Hope u understand |
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Your expectations become reality in the dreamworld. I think on some level you expected them to fail. I would evaluate your mindset when performing waking reality checks. |
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Hi Dani23! |
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So glad I read this thread it was very helpful, thanks smart people! |
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Depends on the person. I think everyone has the capacity to feel pain in dreams, but I've personally never experienced pain in a dream. I've had many where I recognized something probably should hurt but felt nothing discomforting at all. |
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I've been having issues with my own tried and true RC, the nose pinch, the last two nights in a row. The first time, it kind of worked but not really (I don't exactly recall, it probably just outright failed). I already noticed a few odd things in the dream beforehand so not being in a dream was probably working as the tipping point. I stopped and focused 100% on the RC and then it worked like it should and enjoyed the most intense realization that I was dreaming I've had in a long time (and also the longest lucid dream I've had all year)! |
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Looking back at this thread, this is an underrated post. Reality checks succeed and fail the same way specific attempts at controlling aspects of your dream succeed or fail. Your unconscious expectations influence the reality of the dream you are in. |
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