Hi people,

While reading about reality checking in books and people's posts on this forum, I see that lots of people talk about things like setting alarm clocks to beep every hour, or write some sign on their hands for example, so that they remember to do reality checks.

Probably I'm wrong, but at first sight it doesn't seem very logical to me, since it could cause you to not do the reality checks in the dream unless your dream clock beeped or the same sign was written in your dream's hands.

Maybe it works because after some time using those reminding techniques people get in the habit of doing them without the reminders?

Right now I'm doing reality checks (trying to stick a right hand finger through my left hand and also closing my eyes and trying to float/fly) whenever I remember to, because it seems more logical.

What I would like to ask is - do you people who use such external reminding techniques have success because of it? And how does it feel, does your clock beep (or do your hands show signs) in your dreams and then you do the check?