Thread: Maintaining Lucidity

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you need to develop a reality check system for your dreams. When I think I might be dreaming I simply do a gravity check and jump. Dream gravity is much less limiting. I usually jump to the top of a building. Bingo... lucidity! Then the fun begins ;:^) .

Wow, thanks for the help everyone!

This makes sense. I've been getting lazy with my reality checks. I even set the background of my phone to say "Reality Check," but I usually just ignore it. When I do reality checks, I usually just do something simple like hold my nose and try to breathe or try to push my fingers through my palm. Sometimes I'll count the fingers on my hand. But they've become just a mindless routine. From what people are saying, I should more thought into them.

I think another problem might be that I have trouble focusing. People say that one of the keys to lucid dreaming is constantly being aware of your surroundings while you're awake. I would judge that throughout my life, though, I spend at least 30% of the time not seeing what's in front of me, thinking about and visualizing something else. I know that this is something that I need to work on by myself, but are there methods to becoming more aware?