How do you do your reality checks? I have read a lot on here and it has happened like this in my limited personal experience that you will question if you are dreaming and then reality check to affirm if you are, not the other way around. What I do is I become very aware of my surroundings and try to remember how I got where I am. I will then Reality Check although most of the times before even Reality Checking I know it's not a dream because of my awareness. This is just in my experience.

I have also read how, in a way, you have two minds: waking and dreaming. You must familiarize your conscious waking mind with your dreaming mind by way of dream journaling and your waking awareness will carry over into your dreaming.