Thread: Amount of time you spend on RC's?

Sometimes I'm having a day when I have just had a lucid, so I am motivated all over again and end up doing a WHOLE LOT MORE, 30-40.
Or somedays I almost completely forget and do under 5 aday.
What reality check do you generally do?

None at all - and when I adopt people, I avoid RCs as part of the teaching of lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by Shamrox

Typically in a 24 hour period i would account my RC's to 15 or 20 easily. Some times many more. My reality checks are constant throughout the day. Though when i complete one, it is only a matter of seconds. I plug my nose, examine my hands, examine my enviroment, text, clock, etc etc. Not all of them every time though. Stephen LaBerg on the other hand reccomends doing 15 minute long reality checks. So i ask, how long do you typically spend on reality checks?

I don't like them, they're stupid and they never work. Unless you somehow stop thinking about them. Because I believe that when you don't think about stuff for a while, you dream about it. But it's difficult to stop thinking about reality checking, but you do them randomly at times when you think you should. You forget most of the time. I'm guessing it's just for people with a certain kind of mind that can be bothered with keeping it up.

People may agree or disagree with one or two points that I typed up there.

But the main point is, it's crap for people who are lazy.

So far it has never made me lucid. But it's made me do another reality check which isn't really a reality check, but an effort of dream controll!

I've just been in the habit of reality checking for about a week now, but I am getting getter at it. I try to do about 50 reality checks a day. Especially:
1. When something feels weird/confusing
2. I get scared/heart starts racing
3. I hurt myself

Jdeadevil, I wish you wouldn't make such an effort insulting reality checks because they actually benefit most people who practice lucid dreaming. It sounds like you're just bitter that they don't work for you even though they work for the majority? Anyways, sorry if I sound like a jerk.

P.S. Do a reality check right now.. even you Jdeadevil. LMAO

Originally Posted by hankwheels

I've just been in the habit of reality checking for about a week now, but I am getting getter at it. I try to do about 50 reality checks a day. Especially:
1. When something feels weird/confusing
2. I get scared/heart starts racing
3. I hurt myself

Jdeadevil, I wish you wouldn't make such an effort insulting reality checks because they actually benefit most people who practice lucid dreaming. It sounds like you're just bitter that they don't work for you even though they work for the majority? Anyways, sorry if I sound like a jerk.

P.S. Do a reality check right now.. even you Jdeadevil. LMAO

Lol, well I'm sorry. But that's exactly what I'm saying, they don't work for me. And they may not work for other people. If people can do it, it's quite easy. But for people who can't be arsed picking up their hand every five minutes just to check if they're doubtfully dreaming, it's quite difficult because you'll end up checking the time constantly. You don't sound like a jerk, you're asking for reasons why I complain.

Ok... But... not one of you answered my question. LOL. Again, how long do you spend on them? 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or full blown 15 minute reality checks.

Let me elaborate. The reason i ask is because i am wandering if it is better to do, say five 15 minute long rc's a day as stephen laberg suggests, or on the other hand do fifty 10 second ones.... you see?

How long do I look at my hands in reality checking? About ten or fifteen seconds.

I do RCs for like, 2 seconds, so people don't wonder what the heck I'm holding my nose for and start to think I'm mentally retarded. 20+ times for me a day, though.

Originally Posted by QwinsepiaSquared

I do RCs for like, 2 seconds, so people don't wonder what the heck I'm holding my nose for and start to think I'm mentally retarded. 20+ times for me a day, though.

Did it ever put you in a lucid dream?

Yep. The majority of my LD's are DILD's.

Originally Posted by QwinsepiaSquared

Yep. The majority of my LD's are DILD's.

I'll have to start doing that one then.

what's your thought process in a reality check?

"Am I dreaming? ...no. Nothing looks odd. Next LD, I need to do that advanced task."

Basic, really. I like to think about what I plan to do in my next LD 'cause it helps me remember it in my dream.

I was actually doing that last night and guess what, I had a semi-lucid dream.

So no one who has read this so far has ever attempted those longer reality checks?

When I started out, I did reality checks of about five to seven minutes. Nose, hand, and finger-through-palm check. Text check. Looked to see if anything was missing, extra, or malformed. Looked for dreamsigns. Asked, "Am I supposed to be here? Are these other people supposed to be here?" Tried to remember what I'd been doing in the last few minutes, and how I got to where I was. If the situation allowed, I'd jump off the ground to see if I flew or hovered or anything. I'd check my emotions.

Then, I'd think, "Because [results of all of the above checks], I am/am not dreaming. But next time I dream, I will recognize it." And then I'd imagine what I'd do if I was in a dream right then.

But now I'm Adam's adoptee, and I only use RC's when absolutely necessary (like if I can't find any logical explanation for something).

Oops, sorry, I misread your question. I thought it was HOW MANY reality checks.. not HOW LONG. lol
My reality checks are short, less than three seconds. That's all it takes to become lucid in a dream.

I'm doing the 'pinch your nose' one a bit more often now. I find it easier than looking at my hands.

Takes about a second.

I'm doing lots of short ones. Mainly the hand check, watch/time check and the nose pincher.

I guess ill just stick to short checks