"Smart Dreams?"

Last night i had a dream. I was at school and i went into my digital animation class and started using the computer (which worked perfectly.) I checked the time (which stayed constant each time i looked.) I was able to read text that didn't change. The teacher was deleting files, and the computer went through the process quite realistically, like 100% real. And this happened a while back too. I was studying in my dream, a paper with notes, and i read it twice. It stayed the same.

Why don't my dreams give me chances to do reality checks? They're to smart for me to catch them. P.S. i still haven't had one lucid dream :/

Perhaps you lead a boring life and as such your dreams follow suit...
Nah just kidding it's tricky such dreams are hard to become lucid in.
Takes some time.
I would suggest adopting one of the Lucid Techniques/Methods and fine one that suits you. These usually yield a higher chance of success in having a lucid. Other than that though I don't really have much more advice. Everything you need is here on the forums just got to look.

Hey Mikey, just keep positive and keep practicing your dream signs and reality checks
You are using it in conjunction with dream signs or some other triggering system right?
Because it's natural to not notice you're dreaming unless you put something like that in place. In fact, it's a kind of survival mechanism of the mind, so you have to override it :)

If you are doing all that, then it just takes a little time for it to become an instinctive habit to do reality checks for your dream signs. Just keep going, it's worth it! (promise)

BTW, this was posted in the wrong section - it has nothing to do with health ;)
Moving it...

Look on the bright side, if your dreams are very realistic by default, induction may be more difficult, but on the other hand, once you attain lucidity, your lucid dreams will probably be very stable without any difficulty.

Well, there must be something that it can't copy 100%, take that and use it as the RC/DS, I use Gravity as RC because of the same problem lol

I'm willing to bet that there was at least one discrepency between that dream and reality. And I can pick one out from what you've written already, too.

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Last night i had a dream. I was at school...

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You were at school, but how did you get there? Were you suddenly there, or did you go through the entire daily routine (get up, turn off the alarm, get dressed, catch bus, etc.) within the dream? No matter your response to this question, a reality check should have been order:

If you had started the dream at school, you should reality check by thinking "How did I get here? What came before this?" If you can't remember traveling to school, or eating breakfast, or waking up, chances are you are dreaming and this should be followed by a reality check*. Following a chain of memories is a reality check in itself, of course.

If you started the dream with a false awakening, going through the day until you reached school, then you should have reality checked* when you first "woke up" in the dream. You should always reality check when you wake up.

*When I mean "reality check," in your situation I suggest something a little more concrete than the average text-check. Try something kinesthetic (as opposed to the visual cues you described), such as pinching your nose to see if you can still breathe through it, or try poking your index finger through your palm, or bending a finger backwards.

You claim that dream was too logical. I claim all you need is to be one logical step ahead!

Good luck!

What do you commonly dream about?

Thanks mister Abra.
And, uhh, Placebo; Conjunction? Triggering System?
Wanna dumb it down for me?\
And i have really random, pointless dreams.

con⋅junc⋅tion (noun)
the act of conjoining; combination

trig·ger (noun)
An event that precipitates other events

tr.v. trig·gered, trig·ger·ing, trig·gers
To set off; initiate

So a dream sign is a system that triggers (causes you to remember) to do reality checks.
If you still don't know what I'm talking about, it's clear you haven't checked out the tutorials on dreamsigns/dild, etc

My dreams are that realistic too. I have just one RC that works fine, that is holding my nose and breathe. For some reason that only works when I use my left hand though.

i think you should use WILD to get lucid straight away

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Originally Posted by slash112

i think you should use WILD to get lucid straight away

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That does not mean RCs are not useful. What about FAs? He simply needs a working RC, that's all.

OH, ok. Those are some good ideas. Imma try 'em out as soon as i can. And, hmm.... IDK what to say... And i'm starting to RC when i wake up.
I also tell myself a little sentence b4 i go to sleep. I also do RC's during the day