When to make RC

Even though I'm not a lucid expert or anything and havn't even tried this out, I think this could really work.

I know different people can have very different dreams, but one thing I tihnk many of us have in common is meeting mates or girls in your dreams. Now here comes my tip, make RC everytime you meet a mate of yours - while awake of course. If you really get the hebit this might work very well in dreams. How often are you alone in dreams?

The only problem I can find here is that in dreams you don't always actually meet up with people, but instead suddenly are among them without thinking more about it. This can ruin it all, but hopefully you will perhaps meet up with a new mate and a new RC.

"Hi Tom!" *I think it's time for another RC.. boring.. hey wait a minute.. HELL I'm dreaming!! YEEEY*

As I said I havn't een tested this yet, I just came up with the idea, and I tink it might work very well, at least for me, cuz I'm nearly always among friends in my dreams.

That is a very good reality check and should work well.

I am often alone in my dreams though, so I tend to make reality checks of things like walking through doors, or running.

Yeah that RC is one of my nr one RC. BUT... i never do it cause everytime i meet a friend in waking life i forget it and chat away about everything and nothing. And right after ive left my friend or something and im alone, that is when i also do most of my RC, i go like... "NO NOT AGAIN!" and this happens very often. So if i could only do an RC i would have lot of LD cause i meet friends in almost every dream i have. So i think this is a great RC. (Damn i have to get diciplined on that RC ;))

Haha Jammy.. that sux :D.. I hope I can do RC when meeting friends, havn't tested yet. But if I cna it seems like a 100% technique :).

Hi!
This RC sounds really good Fr0ggeh! It's just so damn hard to REMEMBER to do the RC's! :P But as you say, it seems like a 100% technique (unless you just are with your friends suddenly without really "meeting" them as you said).

The problem with this is you RC way too often so you just end up thinking it will defiantly pass and not doing it in your dream. Your better off doing fewer RCs when you genuinely think something is amiss i.e. you find yourself in a new or unusual situation. Saying all this RCs really need to be tailored to yourself so if you think you can do it go for it.

Great idea for a reality check Froggeh,
As the more things a person can find to use for reality checks, the better chance they will have of finding one that may actually work.
For me it seems like the best reality check is just to try to be aware all day long of whether I am dreaming or not, no matter what I am doing, as this seems to create the same kind of consciouseness in my dreams when I am lucky enough to just suddenly be aware that I am dreaming. Just trying to maintain this awareness all day long though is a chore.

Turkeh, I know what you mean, but that has actually nothing to do with this. Then you are just making a bad RC. In my RC's, I think of a lot of things, not just physical stuff. I think of things like "What day is it? How did I get here, when and why? Where am I? What time is it, what did I do yesterday?". It's almost impossible to pass a test like this in your dream, cuz u always just are where you are. I mean, when you think back in time, u really don't know how u got there, know what I mean? And I think it's better to make many good RC's than few good RC's, if they are _good_. ^^

good rc. i'm not sure if it will work on me personally though. if it becomes routine to me while i'm awake, than it will become so in my dreams too. nothing will seem out of the ordinary, and i will acept it as reality. does anyone know what i'm getting at here? i'm starting to confuse myself, lol.

Silvastar, I know what u mean, but you should read my last post. You must make sure sure that your RC is a good one! My idea here is just a time for RC, not the RC in itself. If you make a really good RC each time u meet ur friends etc, then u will become lucid!

okay, i see what you're saying. i've been having trouble remembering to do rc's in my dreams lately. hopefully this will help. thank you.