Am I doing reality checks right?

**EarthToKepler** · 05-29-2015 02:34 PM

this is what I do: I look around and ask myself 'Am I dreaming' and look around then I'll try push my fingers thru the palms of my hand and then plug my nose and see if I can breathe theu it. It takes me around 1 minuet and 30 seconds everytime I reality check am I doing it right?

**fogelbise** · 05-30-2015 03:07 AM

A moderator may end up moving this thread but in the meantime, there is some great information here:
http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...hecks-rcs.html

**Gr8God** · 05-31-2015 06:23 AM

Yep, but incase they fail try the counting fingers, flip light switch and look at a clock look away then look back at it and see if changes (same applies to words).

Last night I had all of these reality checks fail on me and I nearly lost lucidity except the counting fingers one, so yeah definately have
a few of these up your sleeves incase one or more doesn't work.

**Hitokage** · 05-31-2015 08:53 AM

I back that fingers counting.
I don't see anything wrong with your RCs. Just remember that everyone is different therefore you shall do your RCs how you feel, not how someone else does it.

**Musicislife2** · 05-31-2015 01:35 PM

Fundamentally, it needs to understood that you are rewiring your brain to incorporate a new faculty: reality testing.

This might seem crazy, at first, to comprehend how to do this. But when you begin to relate to your non-lucid dream experiences, then you'll be able to understand exactly why you are doing reality checks: in your dreams, you're completely oblivious to reality.

So, when you do reality checks, it can't be stressed enough the need that one recognises, "I am here, I am aware. I do know that I am not in a dream, oblivious to my reality." (There's no need to actually vocalise this, it's just a state of comprehension more than anything else)