Thread: Brain Literally Rc'ing for reality

Had a dream the other night where I Reality Checked about 3 times and non of them worked correctly but still never concluded I was actually dreaming, it was most frustrating when I woke up.

I found myself in a strange creepy looking house and my subconcious must have decided to do some RC's to determine what state of mind I was in, but the weird thing was that with each check, something wasn't quite right, but my mind kept on looking for reality rather than determining that i was dreaming instead.

Examples : Did the nose plug test and found that although some air passed through my fingers there was also some kind of blockage as if I hadn't blocked my nose correctly and therefore I concluded that I was awake.

I then thought there was still something wrong with my environment so I decided to jump from the balconey I was standing on and vault over the bannisters to the floor below ( about a 10 foot drop ) , my thinking at the time was, if it hurts or I break a leg then I must be awake
I jumped and my fall was quite slow and I felt virtually no pressure on my feet when landing.My conclusion was therefore that I didn't jump from a high enough height, lol.

I obviously laughed when I eventually woke up but felt I robbed myself of a great chance of being lucid. Maybe I've gotten my RC mantra the wrong way round and I'm asking myself "Am I awake or am I dreaming?" rather than "Am I dreaming or am I awake?"

Any thoughts on this or anyone else had this trouble where you're trying to convince yourself you're always in the awake state?