Question about reality checks?

**johns56469** · 01-07-2011 11:54 PM

So I was having a non ld last night and did a reality check. This is the first time I have ever come close to a DILD by the way (the only two ive had were MILD). So I vividly remember looking down at my hands and seeing how deformed they were. In the dream I logically thought "Oh my hands look messed up because I was just outside in the freezing cold." So I did not become lucid. I know that this reality check does work for me because in my second lucid dream I looked down at my hands I immediately knew. So my question is, has this ever happened to you? Have you ever done a reality check, have it work but still not become lucid? Also, what could I do to solve this problem?
Thanks,
John

**Burke** · 01-08-2011 12:46 AM

That has happened to me before, but I always preform two reality checks and the second one worked. I would suggest making a habit of doing more than one RC. Personally, I always plug my nose and try to breathe in, which seems like the most reliable, then I would look at my hands, like you did. I think the hand reality check is among the most unreliable because of all the different outcomes. You oculd have 6 fingers, 8 fingers, no fingers, but the nose plug one is either yes or no. If I were you i would keep doing the hand check but also do either the nose plug or something else, such as passing your finger through your hand.

**dakotahnok** · 01-08-2011 01:18 AM

Try plugging your nose and breathing. That will almost always bring out your lucidity.

**stprue** · 01-08-2011 01:44 AM

If you are new to LDing like me you level of lucidity will be weak too, so you could do a reality check and realize youre dreaming and then a little while later loose your lucidity.