Thread: My Reality Checks...

You been keeping a dream journal?

And how come this topic is called "My Reality Checks"? What kinds do you do?

What i meant by 'reality checks' is that instead of doing a nose or hand rc, i just try and use some random ability. Which strikes me as rather odd because if i do an RC during the day it will be a hand rc.

And i have been trying to keep my dj but lately i havnt been able to bother turning a light on and writing my dream down in the middle of the night, honestly i'd rather be asleep.

Originally Posted by Dark_Merlin

What i meant by 'reality checks' is that instead of doing a nose or hand rc, i just try and use some random ability. Which strikes me as rather odd because if i do an RC during the day it will be a hand rc.

And i have been trying to keep my dj but lately i havnt been able to bother turning a light on and writing my dream down in the middle of the night, honestly i'd rather be asleep.
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Using or trying something that would be impossible in waking life is considered a RC. I've done it before as well, cause i've read about it on these forums.

I have enourmous dream recall, and have had several lucid dreams over the past year, but i feel that i am having trouble with attaining lulcidity more regulary... I do reality checks, and keep a dream journal... As an RC i try and do something impossible - maybe i should do the nose touch or something that is possible?

Originally Posted by Dark_Merlin

And i have been trying to keep my dj but lately i havnt been able to bother turning a light on and writing my dream down in the middle of the night, honestly i'd rather be asleep.
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I use a big pad next to my bed on top of my dj with a pen. When I remember a dream, and am still sleepy just pick up the pad and write the main key points in the dark - it does look quite scruffy in the morning but just some key words or a few lines can jog a hole page of a dream that I later write in my dj. I get pissed off at myself if I just think ohh I will remember that one in the morning, because it hardly ever works like that and gets overwritten with a new dream or a blank mind.

Originally Posted by flight

I use a big pad next to my bed on top of my dj with a pen. When I remember a dream, and am still sleepy just pick up the pad and write the main key points in the dark - it does look quite scruffy in the morning but just some key words or a few lines can jog a hole page of a dream that I later write in my dj. I get pissed off at myself if I just think ohh I will remember that one in the morning, because it hardly ever works like that and gets overwritten with a new dream or a blank mind.
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That's a good idea. Just a few keywords in the night...


Whenever you can't be bothered or simply just don't have time, just take brief notes or a sketch. It works for me, but I usually rewrite the dream and expand it later.