Ok so I have been having regular LD'S for about 6 months now. I reality check all the time during the day and always genuinely ask "Am I dreaming"?
My issue is, I have never once needed to RC in a dream to become lucid!!
What happens is I just suddenly realize I am dreaming and will say out loud in the dream "This is a dream", and not once have I ever questioned if I indeed was dreaming or not. For a while I would just wake up after I became lucid, and have only recently gotten to the point where I can stabilize the dream and not wake up from excitement. So my questions are, does this happen for anyone else?? Have you ever just become lucid without a RC and will this ever be an issue for me in the future? Is there anyone else who this happens to I.E. not needing to RC to just KNOW your dreaming? Or can someone explain what Im doing different if anything that would make this happen.