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I wanted to start a list on what everyone uses to help themselves figure out they're in a lucid dream.
I'll be first and the way I do my "thing" is by doing simple and very useful reality checks like closing my nose and breathing out of it, or looking at my hand to see if there is less or more than 5 fingers.
Any one else have their own techniques? ;)
Sometimes, I like to jump randomly into the air - just to see how I'll land. I find that gravity is never very consistent in dreams. It's funny to see the reactions I get from people, too. :)
I just try an push my finger through the wall. It really freaks me out when it goes through in a dream. Its like I'm sure I'm not dreaming but I figure I'll give it a try and ....Whoa!
i swear this has been done like 10 million times, but im too tired to find the links hahaha
Watch Reality check, pretty much exclusively.
I have to add something funny here.
The ideas listed are very good, and likely work for most people. Something I can do in my LD's is 'floating.' I won't call it flying, because it's very specific. I've done it so often I can nearly explain exactly how in real life. Anyway, years back I once had a LD I mistook for reality. Everyone there thought I was nuts for saying I could float/fly. After a few attempts, I was able to do so and was overjoyed- I did it! I accomplished it, and I showed them! I congratulated myself and thought, now I finally have proof!
Of course, then I woke up and realized it wasn't real. These days I'm much more aware of when I'm in a LD, and immediately set about using it as my personal playground...