SMACK!

[Sesquipedalian Dreams]

So I wasnt positive that I was lucid, so I smacked myself in the face, hard, and it hurt and I still couldnt figure out if I was Lucid. Does anyone do this? Or pinch themselves?

[Clairity]

I "pinch" my nose shut and, if I can still breath, I know I'm dreaming. Give this method a try (it hurts less if you're wrong) !

[Lucky27]

I used to bite my tounge (not too hard) but it never worked, because I could feel it when I was dreaming too. I think i'll try the nose pluging idea, it sounds good.

[hoppingsnail]

You CAN feel pain in dreams, so checking to see if you can feel pain is not reliable. The same goes for all your other senses too: it is important not to get thrown off just because a dream looks vivid. Pinching your nose and checking if you can still breathe is a little better, though. Some reality tests: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lucid_Dreamin...tion_Techniques

[justme]

of course u can feel pain in dreams AND lucid dreams

[Crucible]

Well, technically, you can feel anything you can in real life in dreams. You are probably better off trying to notice abnormalities to determine if it is a dream.

[TheUnknown]

try running into something in an LD, well better yet, tell yourself you can go through it. I run through doors all the time in them, but if you're not in an LD, you'll end up feeling it

[LucidStunna]

Originally posted by Sesquipedalian Dreams So I wasnt positive that I was lucid, so I smacked myself in the face, hard, and it hurt and I still couldnt figure out if I was Lucid. Does anyone do this? Or pinch themselves? Sorry just had to laugh at that, I remember when I was younger and started Ld'ing alot of my dreams would take a turn for the worse so knowing that I was dreaming I would kill myself in order to wake up. My preffered method was jumping out of my bedromm window head first onto the concrete driveway. Then again just last week I was shot in a dream and it didnt hurt so