Greetings to all that I haven't said Hi to. I'm a noob to this site but I've had quite a few "natural" LDs during my life.

Anyway, just a thought on becoming lucid from obious signs in a dream. (Sorry if this has been discussed before!)

I've noticed that I will have some pretty vivid dreams where reality checks will fail but that I don't notice them and subsequently don't become lucid. E.g. It will be daytime in the dream and I will take a look at my watch and it will say 10am and then a DC will tell me that it's really early and I'll look again and my watch will say 3am and I'll think, yeah, that is early and then it will get darker and the stars will even come out. That's a dead give away that I'm dreaming but I just don't realise it. It's weird because I kind of do realise it but don't act on it.

I know that this happens all the time but the point that I'm trying to make is that even though doing RCs the whole day gets you to do them in a dream, it doesn't mean that we will actually realise them when they happen. I think there is more to it. It's almost as if you need to already be conscious when it happens before it makes you conscious. If that makes any sense??

Anyone have any thoughts on this or any tips on increasing this state of "pre-consciousness/awareness"? (and don't say: "do more RCs"!) This could be a clue to a new technique or a way to improve DILDs.

I could also just be crazy and be talking rubbish! lol