staring at hands technique questions

For me, Looking at my hands is always a dead give-away that I am dreaming.
Extra fingers, missing fingers, bent fingers, .....half fingers, you name it.
Something is always weird about my hands.
Here is one I like; go through your keys, (this one is for the house, this one is for the car, etc.) I've seen some crazy looking keys.
& try to find a mirror, you'll be surprised how handsome you are. :)

Peace,
The Cutter

I has the finger-rc as my standard one, because when you does it in a dream, its so badass! Once i got like ten fingers, and i could really see fingers growing out of the hand. Discusting - but fun.

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Originally Posted by Zelzahim

I has the finger-rc as my standard one, because when you does it in a dream, its so badass! Once i got like ten fingers, and i could really see fingers growing out of the hand. Discusting - but fun.

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That is sick.

Alot of the time I look at my hand in my dreams, and it's normal :/. Sometimes I become lucid from the action itself, because I notice other things (blurriness, where am i, WhyTF am I here?, etc.)

The nose-pinch reality check, however, works for me the best. I always become lucid from that one.

If you are doing a RC in a dream, no matter if it fails or not you should always realize you are dreaming. People put too much emphasis on whether the RC fails or not, but really you should keep in mind that a RC is really just a crutch to help you ask the question "Am I dreaming?" so with every RC you do make sure you ask that question.
I am flying through space, this seems like a dream, I look at my hands, I only have five fingers, RC fail, it must be real. -- This shouldn't happen.

Really the only times where RCs have to be relied on more is during a false awakening, when looking around your room and you can't really tell if you are dreaming or not, but for most dream situations, even if the RC fails, you should still just think to yourself if you are dreaming or not, "How did I get here? Is this situation logical or likely?"

Personally I always use the pinching the nose and trying to breathe technique, I haven't had it fail yet, but even if it ever does, I am still going to think about what caused me to do the RC and why I thought I was in a dream.

I find the watch-check RC to be the most effective, since I already do it so often xD

"Okay. It's now fifteen-thirty-fi... I don't have a 24-hour watch. Alrighty then."

*Fall backwards into pool that has suddenly appeared below my floating house.*