Thread: how often do you RC and when?

I used to reality check about every 15 mins and for me that worked very well. A couple of months ago i started doing reality checks and on the second night i had a dild and then i had something like 6 dilds in the next 7 nights. Some people say random reality checks don't work for them, only to perform them when something out of the ordinary happens but i have become lucid countless times through a random reality check so it depends on the individual.

I have become lazy lately and stopped doing reality checks.

Whenever I find something strange. Other than that, never, they just don't work for me.

Originally Posted by ld master

I used to reality check about every 15 mins and for me that worked very well.

How did you manage to remember to do a reality check every 15 minutes?

After you have been doing reality checks for so long it becomes routine.

Never. I tried the RC stuff 10 years ago when I took my first stab at learning to LD. It was useless.

I use WBTB + intention. Any other technique I use is a variation thereof.

Never. I tried the RC stuff 10 years ago when I took my first stab at learning to LD. It was useless.

I agree. I have never become lucid by doing an RC. Whenever I become lucid it is always because something makes me suspect that it's a dream, like noticing a personal dreamsign. Then I use RCs to confirm it. On the other hand I think that developing a critical attitude toward reality (i.e., "could this be a dream?") has often helped me become lucid in dreams.

I use WBTB + intention. Any other technique I use is a variation thereof.

Yep, WBTB is a killer technique. According to LaBerge it will increase your chances of becoming lucid tenfold.

I hardly RC at all anymore. In the beggining it helps to get your mind socused on LD's but after a while, you'll hopefully start to build your own confidence and will just be able to "expect" lucidity. Though that is the ideal situation. Usually they'll come in handy as a double check rather that remembering to do them out of the blue. See what works and good luck, I'm sure you'll get some more LD's soon.

About every five minutes and I have had tremendous success with that in the past few days.

Now during a school break I've tried to do a RC in about every 15 minutes, but I always forget to do it during the day.

it is strange.. how can you forget... hm...
its like you are gone in daydreaming or what?

Uhh yea I tend to daydream a lot and I usually do stuff in the daytime that make me forget the RC's (like reading, watching a movie, playing video games).