Quote Originally Posted by surfdreamer View Post
So during the day I do this many times "watching around to make sure no one is watching of course".
I think this is a bad technique, personally it had caused me a bit of grief until I stopped caring if people were wondering what I was doing. No one really cares if you are conducting reality checks, just tell them it is for a science project or something if anyone asks, or pretend you are scratching your palm.

But even so, if you incorporate being conscious of social consequences and worrying that someone will watch you every time you do a reality check, you may get into the habit of glancing for judging eyes every time you want to do an RC. If that's the case, then every time you want to do a RC in a dream, it is pretty likely that a judgmental dream character will be watching you and that will discourage you from conducting the RC.

And besides, what a good conversation starter! Or you may find a kindred spirit who recognizes what you are doing