Hey everyone about 6 months ago I had my first lucid dream, but instead of doing reality checks I usually just say "I'm dreaming" a few times throughout the day and look at my hands. I did this when I wanted to try lucid dreaming, because I thought wouldn't the dream try to get you to believe that everything in a dream is already normal? And I felt slightly lazy. Anyway, one night when I was dreaming in my dream I said "I'm dreaming" and everything became clear and felt real. I remembered to look at my hands to stabalize the dream and I was able to manipulate the dream. Is this an actual method to achieve lucidity or have I not had a lucid dream yet? I feel as if I am lucid dreaming