Thread: RCs not working

doing multiple reality checks whenver I do them has worked. I had a LD last night. But I closed my eyes in the dream because I was getting distracted bey some noise downstairs, and I wanted to focus. And when I opened them back up it woke me up. Like I actually opened my eyes. It was really weird looking, and it felt like I was still dreaming but with my eyes open for a few seconds.

Pushing a finger through my hand does not work for me even if I'm absolutely sure that I'm dreaming already.

RCs are not failsafe mechanisms. You have to expect that you succeed with whatever is intended by the RC (which actually means that the RC fails), especially when training them awake. It takes a little luck and intuition to make an RC work sometimes, for example using the other hand. That does sound illogical, but that's how it is.

Never tried the finger through the hand one. . . I'll have to try that out.

Breathing with my nose plugged and mouth closed has always worked for me. It's definately been the most reliable one I've come across.