My reality checks are not working......

[present]

I have no trouble lucid dreaming I have had about 6-7 since getting interested in it about 4 weeks ago. The first couple lucid dreams I had I tried the wake up go back to bed technique and I would be in the dream and immediatly Reality Check and that would trigger lucidity. L ately when I try to Reality check by biting my tounge to feel pain or pushing one hand through the other it has not worked. The only way i'm lucid dreamining is through DEILDing or realizing i'm dreaming. How do I get my reality checks to work again? I'm trying a few different ones and questioning them a bit more too. Any advice would be welcome

[Rybread34]

I use the watch one. It's really reliable and hasn't failed me yet.

[CyperAleksi]

So they have worked in the past but haven't worked lately? Never heard of that... although RCs may always fail, so, it might be just that.

[Metaphyz1k]

For reality checks to actually work, you must really question your reality as you are performing them, otherwise you are just going through the motions. The trick is to pay careful attention as you do them and come to a definite conclusion ("yes, I'm dreaming" or "no, I'm not dreaming"). Also, biting your tongue to see if you feel pain is not reliable because I know from experience that it is possible to feel pain in dreams. My goto RC is the nose plug one.

[present]

K I think this is the case when I perform my reality checks I will question reality a bit more lol sounds obvious i should have been able to figure it out myself. Thanks for the advice and yes the reality checks had been working previously

[JustDream]

Not sure if mentioned yet, but I believe something important in relationship to reality checks is that you should actually do them occasionally in true reality, just for the hell of it. That will make it much more likely that you'll be inspired to do so in a dream, even if all seems normal. The reason this is important is that it seems to create a stronger contrast between reality and the dream world and it'll most likely be more apparent when something "isn't right". I started out (in reality) doing the stare at text and stare back RC. Just the mere act of questioning reality in reality from time to time can be powerful. I've only had about 10 LD's so far, but I've never made it to the point of performing a actual reality check to confirm that I was dreaming, as soon as I questioned it in the dream I just knew. Recently, during an LD (already lucid), I noticed a newspaper and decided to see if the text really changes and wow, it definitely changes state quite drastically. The letters seemed alive and extremely dynamic.

[Ndm]

I look at my hands, count my fingers, and sometimes pinch my nose, and ask myself if Im dreaming and were was the last place I was at. Theres no point on making a reality check if your not really checking reality. If you look at your hands many times a day, it might end been an automatic movement, making yhe rc fail during the dream. Instead, if you really questioon yourself if your dreaming, you will do the same during the dream, making Lucidity much more probable.

[Kona]

When you Rc really think that in a dream you WILL be able to breathe through your nose. Like anticipate that your finger could go through your hand. Don't do it half aware, really pay attention to what you are doing. Hopefully this helps!