Thread: Reality check poll

Unfortuanatly, I rarely reality check, I'm bad at remembering . Luckily, I can get lucid without them. I am trying to remember them more!

Well, I do reality checks randomly throughout the day, so, I do them probably more than once per hour when I'm not at home, and probably about once per hour when I'm at home...I have no life right now, so it's easy to do RC's often, because I don't have much else to do except go to class and read my textbooks...yippee...ugh.

Kordan, I am the same way -- doing more when I'm not at home. That's when I'm more likely to run into things that might be dream signs or that seem odd or dreamlike. Like, I'm on vacation this week, but just hanging out at home so I've been having a hard time making myself do the RCs.

Rarely.

Yeah, everything is more normal at home (or perhaps "less wierd" would be more appropriate...or perhaps "more predictably wierd"...yeah, we'll go with the last one). I also have more distractions at home that keep me from doing RC's very often. At university, I can be sitting in a boring lecture and do an RC...This does not sound like it makes sense...perhaps I'm just more comfortable at home.

I do reality checks all the time, in class, at my friends house, and at home. I honestly probably look like an idiot in the middle of my class when im pinching my nose but I don't care how people judge me.

Originally Posted by RetroReality

I do reality checks all the time, in class, at my friends house, and at home. I honestly probably look like an idiot in the middle of my class when im pinching my nose but I don't care how people judge me.

I wonder if that inhibition carries over to dream life? Could you be in a dream and think, "I won't RC cos I'll look silly".

Maybe make it look like you're blowing your nose

Originally Posted by Kordan

Well, I do reality checks randomly throughout the day, so, I do them probably more than once per hour when I'm not at home, and probably about once per hour when I'm at home...I have no life right now, so it's easy to do RC's often, because I don't have much else to do except go to class and read my textbooks...yippee...ugh.

I hear you, man. I have the killer schedule from hell...I have 2 tests and 2 essays...all due Thursday. Yippie.

I reality check a lot...a little more than once an hour if I remember. I prefer MILDing, though.

I've only been at this for a few days, and I'm presently between Summer and Fall terms at school. As such, I'm on my butt most of the day and usually do it when something triggers my memory, such as seeing the word "dream." Looking at the clock also reminds me to RC.