Reality Checks Not Working In My Dream?!

**IAmLucid** · 05-30-2013 10:44 PM

My reality checks work.. SOMETIMES. Which is pretty strange the 2 reality checks I remember to do in a dream is where you plug your nose and try to breathe through it and the second is to bite your tongue and see if it hurts. Sometimes when i do these reality checks they don't work and i just continue in my dream as if it was real life. For example, last night i was dreaming I was in my living room when I felt as if I was dreaming so I plugged my nose and I couldn't breathe through it. I was surprised because I really thought I was dreaming so I decided to try another one. I bit my tongue and I felt pain. So after these 2 failed reality checks all I remember is waking up from my dream and getting pissed and very confused how these reality checks didn't work.

Is there something I did wrong? is it normal for this to happen? and has anybody else experienced this?

I usually use the DEILD method and sometimes WILD but, the WILD doesn't really work for me I either get into sleep paralysis and I don't enter a dream or I completely blank out and wake up still in sleep paralysis. The DEILD usually always works for me I actually thought I created this method on my own before I joined this site and learned the same thing I do is actually a real method other people use (which was 5 minutes ago)

**KingYoshi** · 05-30-2013 11:24 PM

Yeah, it is normal for reality checks to fail from time to time. You aren't doing anything wrong and I would suggest having an entire arsenal of reality checks that you can break out. Instead of just using those two, keep a few more in your "back pocket" in case those two fail. Also, be sure to do each reality check more than once. Sometimes they fail the first time, but pass the next time. The idea is to find a set of reality checks that work for you almost every time. There are tons and tons of different ones, so just experiment with them and figure out which ones you can trust the most. A good time to practice RCs is after you already know you are lucid. Take some time to mess around with different RCs and see what seems to work and what doesn't. It tends to be different for everyone.

**IAmLucid** · 05-31-2013 02:19 AM

thanks for the reply ill try that out

**KingYoshi** · 05-31-2013 02:49 AM

No problem man. If you ever have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask!

**Scionox** · 05-31-2013 08:17 AM

Do you do your reality checks mechanically? If so, you are doing them wrong. Reality check should not be used as just mechanical action, because it is not what makes one lucid, awareness does. Before doing reality check look around, search for dream signs and completely believe that you might be dreaming, then put emotions into it, like "Wow, am i dreaming?", then do reality check itself and completely believe that it will work and show you that you are dreaming.

Check out this thread as well for more information: http://www.dreamviews.com/dild-gab/1...ods-dilds.html
And this Induction Methods and Techniques
Are you sure you are entering sleep paralysis by the way, like not being able to move? There's common misconception about it and it is NOT REQUIRED for WILD, in fact it's not possible to induce it, check out those threads about that, and if you are really getting sleep paralysis, just don't pay attention to it:

http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...mystified.html
http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...explained.html
As for WILD, you just need to fall asleep while being aware, check out those excellent tutorials:
http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...cid-dream.html
WILD