Thread: Another possible RC

I've actually never taken a body part off in a dream. But if it works for you, that's really all that matters! And trying to take off your finger is a pretty well hidden RC...could just look like you're trying to crack your knuckles to anyone else.

Originally Posted by Paradox-db3

I've actually never taken a body part off in a dream. But if it works for you, that's really all that matters! And trying to take off your finger is a pretty well hidden RC...could just look like you're trying to crack your knuckles to anyone else.

yup!

In my dream, (non-lucid) I thought that my finger was useless for the moment so i just took it out and put it somewhere. Than I had trouble putting it back on but whatever XD

Now you have your own personal reality check,
You can use it as a backup for when RCs start to fail after you use them so much.

They start failing when you use them too much?

sometimes, Hold on i will find the thread.

ok

I couldn't find the thread but, It's kinda common sence because pretty soon like lets say you do the RC where you stick your finger through your hand all the time (like everytime you stand up etc) Obviously your finger wont go through your hand in the real world and if you do it too much your mind will make it to where it wont go through your hand.Basically to sum it all up for you

If you use a rc too much then it will start to fail in dreams because your so used to seeing it fail in real life.
Understand?
Of course im not trying to say don't do RCs in dreams but I mean like, Don't do the same one constantly during the day..
so therefor if the RCs start failing anytime you can use your own personal reality check.

Originally Posted by deepsleep

I couldn't find the thread but, It's kinda common sence because pretty soon like lets say you do the RC where you stick your finger through your hand all the time (like everytime you stand up etc) Obviously your finger wont go through your hand in the real world and if you do it too much your mind will make it to where it wont go through your hand.Basically to sum it all up for you

If you use a rc too much then it will start to fail in dreams because your so used to seeing it fail in real life.
Understand?
Of course im not trying to say don't do RCs in dreams but I mean like, Don't do the same one constantly during the day..
so therefor if the RCs start failing anytime you can use your own personal reality check.

Geez, thanks. Didn't know that

Your welcome,
And this probably wont ALWAYS happen. but it could happen from time to time.
Ive only had 2 LDs but im absolutely addicted to this forum and I think Ive read every thread (well not really but ive read alot!)

Same here, except I had my fifth this morning. I've started LDing during the christams break and since then its all I;ve been doin' ! XD

I started a t the same time, But i cant relax enough, and by the time I fall asleep my mind has wandered from my dream scene.
I use the VILD. technique.

I use DEILDS. My first one lasted 3 secs and didn't feel really vivid. My second and third one lasted longer and were a bit more vivid. My 4th and 5th (which I got this morning) We're a lot more vivid. I hope to have another one tonight. I always hope to have one each night...

I use 2 or 3 and mix it up a little.
Once I used all 3 RCs and almost scoffed at the dream.

I always hope to have them too.
The bad thing with me is that I cant relax so it takes me forever to get to sleep.
And i just always forget to do RCs during the day.

Spoiler for Reality Checks:

1. Look at your watch or a clock
When you are lucid dreaming, the part of your brain in charge of recognizing numbers and letters is still asleep. Therefore, when you check the time, it should be completely random. For example, if you look at your watch and it is "12:25" one minute and "2:33" the next, you know you are dreaming (barring the unlikely situation that your digital watch is extremely broke) and are therefore lucid.

2. Attempt to Write
When you write, it may be illegible or irregular, and the letters may change, as with above. If you notice this occuring, it is a strong hint that you may be dreaming (barring the unlikely situation that somebody spiked your drink.)

3. Attempt to Read
If you have problems reading text, or read it once and when you try again it is different, then you are most likely dreaming.

4. Try to find unusual things in the world
These are things to look out for in a dream. If, for example, the sky is green and an alien is attacking you, it is most certainly a dream. Of course, it is likely to be far more subtle than this, as is normal. When you pick up on this, try to alter your surroundings in some way - a usually easy dream trick. If you can, then you are either dreaming or magic.

5. Turning the lights on/off
When you are dreaming, one of the things some people are unable to do is adjust the light level of the settings you are in. If you try to turn the light switch on/off and nothing happens then there are 2 possibilities:
a. You are dreaming
b. The light bulb burnt out the light switch doesn't work for some reason.

6. Trying something considered "impossible"
Another method to test whether you are in a dream or not is to try somthing that you know is impossible in the waking life. Commonly used examples of this are: Putting your finger through your palm, crossing over through a mirror, levitating, etc. I suggest you don't try something like flying out your window or such... just to be on the safe side.

7. Memory Check
This is a method where you are "asking" yourself what have happened during the day, or fortunately a dream. Try to think back as far as you can. When you perform this method, you will be aware if you have experienced anything illogical during the day, and you may have blank periods.

8. Mirror Check
Go to a mirror, and look at your self carefully. Ask yourself if you are dreaming. If you are dreaming, it is likely that you will notice something strange in the mirror. For instance, you could have a different hair style from normal, or different clothes. You may also look like you are a completely different person. In this case, you are definitely dreaming.

9. Self Observation Test
This method is similar to the one above. It is a very flexible reality check in that it takes little time, and you could do it almost all the time. Look at your self. If you have, for instance, 7 fingers on one hand, you are dreaming. You could also look at your clothes. If they look strange, you are probably dreaming.

10. Look for a dream sign
Dream signs are common things which frequently appear in your dreams. For example, in some dreams, you may always see a certain person (possibly a dream guide) and the same features (for example, something which does not exist in reality but is always there in your dreams).

11. The Breathing Test
This is a nice all-rounder. Pinch your nose closed and keep breathing. Try not to think about your breathing while doing it, just leave your usual 'automatic' breathing to do its work. If you can breathe whilst pinching your nose, you're dreaming.

12. Emotion Analysis
Pay close attention to how you feel. If something causes you to react a certain way - frustration, bliss, laughter, it would be a good time to determine your state. The feelings generated by a dream are the same as in the waking world, so it's certainly something to keep in check.

13. Constant physical awareness
If you're like me, you've been trained to be rushing from point A to point B throughout life. Life is a race and there's no sense of *now*. Learning to control the feeling of now is a great way to pick up on the inconsistencies. I find that learning to consciously acknowledge the little things in life is a great way to regenerate the mind's analytical ability. I find this to be very strong in kids. They will pick up on something insignificant to my mind, and point it out to me, and I will be thinking 'How did you notice that?' It's that sense of 'now', the feeling that there's not some light waiting at the end of a tunnel, but that the tunnel is filled with light.

14. Use a computer
This one's easy. Do your normal startup programs run? Can you access the internet okay? Go to a lucid dreaming site every day you wake up - it might help trigger an LD. It is basically the same idea as the reading test.

15. Look outside
Is the weather normal for the season? For example, if it's snowing in the middle of summer you're either dreaming or the ice age has started.

16. Look at the layout of your room
Is it how you left it when you went to sleep? If you have shelves, is everything on the shelves that you expected to?

17. Look/use a telephone
Are all the numbers in order? Press the "call" button. Do you get the "boooo" tone?

18. Jump
Just do it. Do you float? Do you stay in the air for an abnormal amount of time? Do you hear the "thump" sound when you land?

19. Say something
Sometimes your voice can be distorted in a dream, so just say something to yourself quietly.

20. Throw something
Throw a soft ball or something of the sort. Does it act as you would expect it to? Does it stay up or move abnormally far?

21. Look at your pets
If you have pets, just look at them. Do they look normal? Stroke them. Do they feel as they should?

22. Talk to somebody
Talk to somebody, preferably somebody you know quite well. Do they act as they usually act?

23. Play some music
Are the lyrics as they should be? Are the singers the people that should be singing? Does it sound distorted?

24. Smell something
Quite easy. Spray something or some perfume or just smell something - does it smell as expected?

Originally Posted by deepsleep

I always hope to have them too.
The bad thing with me is that I cant relax so it takes me forever to get to sleep.
And i just always forget to do RCs during the day.

Spoiler for Reality Checks:

1. Look at your watch or a clock
When you are lucid dreaming, the part of your brain in charge of recognizing numbers and letters is still asleep. Therefore, when you check the time, it should be completely random. For example, if you look at your watch and it is "12:25" one minute and "2:33" the next, you know you are dreaming (barring the unlikely situation that your digital watch is extremely broke) and are therefore lucid.

2. Attempt to Write
When you write, it may be illegible or irregular, and the letters may change, as with above. If you notice this occuring, it is a strong hint that you may be dreaming (barring the unlikely situation that somebody spiked your drink.)

3. Attempt to Read
If you have problems reading text, or read it once and when you try again it is different, then you are most likely dreaming.

4. Try to find unusual things in the world
These are things to look out for in a dream. If, for example, the sky is green and an alien is attacking you, it is most certainly a dream. Of course, it is likely to be far more subtle than this, as is normal. When you pick up on this, try to alter your surroundings in some way - a usually easy dream trick. If you can, then you are either dreaming or magic.

5. Turning the lights on/off
When you are dreaming, one of the things some people are unable to do is adjust the light level of the settings you are in. If you try to turn the light switch on/off and nothing happens then there are 2 possibilities:
a. You are dreaming
b. The light bulb burnt out the light switch doesn't work for some reason.

6. Trying something considered "impossible"
Another method to test whether you are in a dream or not is to try somthing that you know is impossible in the waking life. Commonly used examples of this are: Putting your finger through your palm, crossing over through a mirror, levitating, etc. I suggest you don't try something like flying out your window or such... just to be on the safe side.

7. Memory Check
This is a method where you are "asking" yourself what have happened during the day, or fortunately a dream. Try to think back as far as you can. When you perform this method, you will be aware if you have experienced anything illogical during the day, and you may have blank periods.

8. Mirror Check
Go to a mirror, and look at your self carefully. Ask yourself if you are dreaming. If you are dreaming, it is likely that you will notice something strange in the mirror. For instance, you could have a different hair style from normal, or different clothes. You may also look like you are a completely different person. In this case, you are definitely dreaming.

9. Self Observation Test
This method is similar to the one above. It is a very flexible reality check in that it takes little time, and you could do it almost all the time. Look at your self. If you have, for instance, 7 fingers on one hand, you are dreaming. You could also look at your clothes. If they look strange, you are probably dreaming.

10. Look for a dream sign
Dream signs are common things which frequently appear in your dreams. For example, in some dreams, you may always see a certain person (possibly a dream guide) and the same features (for example, something which does not exist in reality but is always there in your dreams).

11. The Breathing Test
This is a nice all-rounder. Pinch your nose closed and keep breathing. Try not to think about your breathing while doing it, just leave your usual 'automatic' breathing to do its work. If you can breathe whilst pinching your nose, you're dreaming.

12. Emotion Analysis
Pay close attention to how you feel. If something causes you to react a certain way - frustration, bliss, laughter, it would be a good time to determine your state. The feelings generated by a dream are the same as in the waking world, so it's certainly something to keep in check.

13. Constant physical awareness
If you're like me, you've been trained to be rushing from point A to point B throughout life. Life is a race and there's no sense of *now*. Learning to control the feeling of now is a great way to pick up on the inconsistencies. I find that learning to consciously acknowledge the little things in life is a great way to regenerate the mind's analytical ability. I find this to be very strong in kids. They will pick up on something insignificant to my mind, and point it out to me, and I will be thinking 'How did you notice that?' It's that sense of 'now', the feeling that there's not some light waiting at the end of a tunnel, but that the tunnel is filled with light.

14. Use a computer
This one's easy. Do your normal startup programs run? Can you access the internet okay? Go to a lucid dreaming site every day you wake up - it might help trigger an LD. It is basically the same idea as the reading test.

15. Look outside
Is the weather normal for the season? For example, if it's snowing in the middle of summer you're either dreaming or the ice age has started.

16. Look at the layout of your room
Is it how you left it when you went to sleep? If you have shelves, is everything on the shelves that you expected to?

17. Look/use a telephone
Are all the numbers in order? Press the "call" button. Do you get the "boooo" tone?

18. Jump
Just do it. Do you float? Do you stay in the air for an abnormal amount of time? Do you hear the "thump" sound when you land?

19. Say something
Sometimes your voice can be distorted in a dream, so just say something to yourself quietly.

20. Throw something
Throw a soft ball or something of the sort. Does it act as you would expect it to? Does it stay up or move abnormally far?

21. Look at your pets
If you have pets, just look at them. Do they look normal? Stroke them. Do they feel as they should?

22. Talk to somebody
Talk to somebody, preferably somebody you know quite well. Do they act as they usually act?

23. Play some music
Are the lyrics as they should be? Are the singers the people that should be singing? Does it sound distorted?

24. Smell something
Quite easy. Spray something or some perfume or just smell something - does it smell as expected?

That spoiler is a cool list.
Yes it is hard to keep focussed during the day.

Originally Posted by deepsleep

I couldn't find the thread but, It's kinda common sence because pretty soon like lets say you do the RC where you stick your finger through your hand all the time (like everytime you stand up etc) Obviously your finger wont go through your hand in the real world and if you do it too much your mind will make it to where it wont go through your hand.Basically to sum it all up for you

If you use a rc too much then it will start to fail in dreams because your so used to seeing it fail in real life.
Understand?
Of course im not trying to say don't do RCs in dreams but I mean like, Don't do the same one constantly during the day..
so therefor if the RCs start failing anytime you can use your own personal reality check.

wtf nonsense is this?

Originally Posted by Shift

wtf nonsense is this?

'cause if you're used to the fact that when you poke your fingers threw your hand, it doesn't work, you will be assuming that its not gonna work in the dream to, in brief it won't work? is that it?

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

'cause if you're used to the fact that when you poke your fingers threw your hand, it doesn't work, you will be assuming that its not gonna work in the dream to, in brief it won't work? is that it?

No, that's not it. Just because one person is doing RCs improperly doesn't mean he needs to make such a false statement like that.

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

yup!

In my dream, (non-lucid) I thought that my finger was useless for the moment so i just took it out and put it somewhere. Than I had trouble putting it back on but whatever XD

i hope you found it later becouse the lost and found box is full


ps RCs wont start failing because your so used to seeing it fail in real life.

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

I had never heard of it but I thought about it and tought I would share it with other people that would like it. I figured out that in dreams, you can pretty easily take off your body parts (for me at least) so for RCs I've started trying to take my finger out or my arm or my head. What'd you think of this? I don't know, you probably already know this.

You could also try removing your penis. Or women could try removing their breasts. Maybe you could even switch body parts for a while! I'd like to have a nice round jiggly set of boobies on my chest for a night. Although, I'm not sure how I'd get any sexual satisfaction without a penis?
Hmmmmmm...

Originally Posted by Paradox-db3

You could also try removing your penis. Or women could try removing their breasts. Maybe you could even switch body parts for a while! I'd like to have a nice round jiggly set of boobies on my chest for a night. Although, I'm not sure how I'd get any sexual satisfaction without a penis?
Hmmmmmm...

lol! I don't want to try pulling my penis out in real life... It wouldn't be fun if it actually feel off XD

Originally Posted by deepsleep

I couldn't find the thread but, It's kinda common sence because pretty soon like lets say you do the RC where you stick your finger through your hand all the time (like everytime you stand up etc) Obviously your finger wont go through your hand in the real world and if you do it too much your mind will make it to where it wont go through your hand.Basically to sum it all up for you

If you use a rc too much then it will start to fail in dreams because your so used to seeing it fail in real life.
Understand?
Of course im not trying to say don't do RCs in dreams but I mean like, Don't do the same one constantly during the day..
so therefor if the RCs start failing anytime you can use your own personal reality check.

Even the nose reality check?

Originally Posted by hellohihello

Even the nose reality check?

I don't think its possible to suffocate in a dream anyways... Everyone seems to say its not true by the way so...

FALSE INFO FALSE INTO!!!