I've been reading around and found that False Awakenings can in fact me one of the best ways to invoke a Lucid Dream. I was pretty happy about this because I have them all the time, last night I had 5 in a row.

The problem is, when I have a false awakening it feels very real and it almost indistinguishable from real life. I'm guessing this is because it is always very dark so the level of detail in the surroundings is already quite low. I'm pretty sure if I actually got out of bed (which is when I perform an RC) I would notice that is was a dream. The trouble is that I just stare at my digital clock to note the time and then go straight back to sleep. I know a good reality check is to look at a clock, look away and then see if the time is the same. This reality check is usually useless for me though as even in the dream it stays the same. I only realize it was a false awakening when I wake up for real and realize that the time displayed on the clock was actually going backwards or that the series of times I remembered didn't fit chronologically.

So what I want to know is, are there any other types of RC that require very little effort and can be performed in bed? Or is there some other method to combat this?