How?!!?!?!

[Misigno12]

While your in a dream how do you "tell" yourself to question the world around you. I had a fairly unrealistic dream and didn't realized it until I woke up.

[mikeac]

Look up MILD. Some guides suck at explaining it, but it's basically constantly looking for signs that you're dreaming. This habit will transfer into your dreams.

[stprue]

Make sure you are RC-ing as much as possible and try to keep a dream diary of at least your LD's and preferable all dreams. These are some basics that should help. Usually I will experience a sort of snap of realizations for few DILDS and WILDS. Then I look for my hands! Good luck!

[Puffin]

It's not so much of a habit as really questioning if you're dreaming. Dream signs don't do anything unless you are aware enough to recognize them; if they did work well, people would become lucid every time they flew in a dream, and every time they ended up in strange places. ...How do you really know that you're awake right now? Is it because your keyboard and mouse feel real, and everything seems normal? But think - things feel extremely real in a dream too - unless we question it. There's no difference until you really stop and think. So, are you dreaming? It's pretty simple once you get the hang of it.

[Misigno12]

Sounds simple enough. going to try it tonight.

[Puffin]

Good luck! ;D

[mikeac]

It's not so much of a habit as really questioning if you're dreaming. Dream signs don't do anything unless you are aware enough to recognize them; if they did work well, people would become lucid every time they flew in a dream, and every time they ended up in strange places. ...How do you really know that you're awake right now? Is it because your keyboard and mouse feel real, and everything seems normal? But think - things feel extremely real in a dream too - unless we question it. There's no difference until you really stop and think. So, are you dreaming? It's pretty simple once you get the hang of it. That's pretty much all the greatest DILD guides on the internet formed into a short post.

[RunexOfxMine]

Indeed. I'm two years out of highschool and last night in my dream I was going back to highschool. I even remember wondering why on earth I had to come back when I already had my diploma, but I didn't see any dreamsigns. So it didn't pop up into my head that I was dreaming. Instead I just accepted it as being strange and went about with my business. If I had peered into a mirror, or maybe conciously had to turn on a light, then I might've stopped and thought about the possibility that I was dreaming. Since all of my dreamsigns are centered around homes, wandering around a school didn't trigger any sort of realization.