Thread: Some Reality Checks.

I already do these:

Hold your breathe and see if you can breathe.
If you can, you're in a dream.

Look at letters quickly so you can't memorise what it truely says but you see what letters are there.
Look back and see if any letters are changed around.

Look at a clock, turn away then look back again.
Has it changed dramatically? (e.g. 3:50 - 2:10)

Yes, these are the most common.

i sencerely dont understand..why you are so sure about that rc definition...Its completely not accurate.. Because of this, you start creating more reality checks ( because it doesnt work, for some works..for some doesnt )..more and more... you posted here 9 rc... another will create 50...
1 thats i dont understand... why so many many rc..?

I guess different ones suit different people.

A good one to perform in public is to try and bend your index finger towards the back of the wrist. Unless you are double jointed, it shouldn't go much farther past 90 degrees (and if you are double jointed, it's still not going to go all the way back!).

Thanks to Dodobird for that one.

Just to expand briefly on that "Do you know where you are one"

One that I've found never fails is to ask yourself how you got to where you are. A lot of my dreams take place in familiar places, but it's pretty rare for me to have actually travelled there. Once you realize that you've simply appeared, you tend to connect the dots.

Originally Posted by Abra

A good one to perform in public is to try and bend your index finger towards the back of the wrist. Unless you are double jointed, it shouldn't go much farther past 90 degrees (and if you are double jointed, it's still not going to go all the way back!).

Thanks to Dodobird for that one.

Lol idk what's wrong with me but I can't even move my finger back 90 degrees it only goes about 30 degrees lmfao.

Originally Posted by Axel

Lol idk what's wrong with me but I can't even move my finger back 90 degrees it only goes about 30 degrees lmfao.

Whoah, it sounds like you have serious joint trouble.

Problem with this one is that it could be painful if you do it too much and too hard.

I use the finger through the hand one.

Originally Posted by Split Infinity

Just to expand briefly on that "Do you know where you are one"

One that I've found never fails is to ask yourself how you got to where you are. A lot of my dreams take place in familiar places, but it's pretty rare for me to have actually travelled there. Once you realize that you've simply appeared, you tend to connect the dots.

I read that last sentence, and then looked at your avatar and lol'ed.

Same here. Another good rc is lookingina mirror... i try not to in dreams but i happened to walk past one and my head was like a lava lamp (dream mirrors freak me out) It'shard to look normal in dream mirrors.

~Lucas

Originally Posted by Barns

I use the finger through the hand one.

I think I should use that one. I use the one where you read the text, look away and look back. It gets annoying sometimes because I do it more than I need to ( I do it like five times or more).

I use a memory test.

I ask myself what I did for the past two hours, if I can't remember then I'm dreaming.

ah, love the put the finger to the palm of the hand LD. didn't know that before. Thx! love ya =D

I need to try the finger through hand one, It sounds interesting...

Finger through hand was the first one I ever did. I hardly knew what a reality check was, but knew that I should do one. I was amazed when it worked.

With the holding breath thing, I really recommend that you hold your nose and mouth closed when you do it, and try to breathe normally.
If you still manage to breathe (eg feel the air escape) then obviously you're dreaming.

I like that one, the memory of what I ate last, and the finger one is good too. I also tend to count my fingers as well.

Originally Posted by Barns

Whoah, it sounds like you have serious joint trouble.

Problem with this one is that it could be painful if you do it too much and too hard.

I use the finger through the hand one.

Joint trouble? Solve that with a "joint" medicine from DR. Mary Jane!

Alright I'm going to give up forever on trying to be funny..

In all seriousness these are useful, thanks.