Thread: Reality Checks

You can't go wrong with the good old nose pinch.
The best thing about it is that when you do it irl, you don't look like a nut, just looks like you're having a scratch!
Pinch your nostrils together and try to breathe through your nose. If you can't you're not dreaming and if you can then you're dreaming. And it feels freakin' trippy when you do it in a dream too because of your mind fucking with you, you can actually FEEL that your nostrils are closed.

Originally Posted by DreamscapeRuins

I started thinking about this earlier today. Could this idea ultimately turn against me? If my subconscious mind knows to expect the word "Reality" to be written cleanly on my hand, wouldn't that transfer over into the dreams?

Well I think this can't turn against you, if you just use this word as a reminder of reality checking than it should work.
So everytime you see the word reality you would be reminded to RC and even when it transfers into you dreams you would still do
a reality check as soon as you notice the word on your hand.

The whole Totem idea of the word not being there in dream will probably not work in my opinion.

I look at my hands, do the nose pinch or poke my finger through my hands. If the hands have more than 5 fingers and/or are warping and distorting around, then it's a dream. If the finger goes through the hands, then it's a dream.

i use the hands ,the nose pinch ,saying transistion when i go through doors

I like the idea of the nose pinch/hand thing, the only problem is: I wouldn't be reminded to do those during the day. For awhile, I think I'd need something to visually remind me to Reality Check. I'd be reminded by the necklace (before it broke) because I could feel it around my neck. And the word "reality" on my hand, because I'll see it from time to time.

The nosepinch/hand ideas are good for after you've done the initial reality check, but I think I'd need something more just to simply remind me daily to do it. Make sense?

Some people wear a watch that goes off every hour and do a reality check then. Others do it whenever they see anything that might seem wierd. Personally, I do it whenever there is a mjor scenery change, such as walking outside or walking into a different room. Also, get it in the habit of doing reality checks whenever you wake up, because it might be a false awakening, which you can use to get lucid

I use the finger poke through my hand, or instead of writing reality on your palm you could write RC on the back of your hand. I do that. some good rc's involve use of technology and looking at text. just make sure your rc isn't something like jumping out a window. hahah

I had the idea recently to use a hair tie, keep it around my wrist, and throughout the day slide my finger under it and try to melt my finger through it. I figure that in a dream, it would be pretty easy to do.

I just do a reality check when something weird happen.

Originally Posted by Raetin

I just do a reality check when something weird happen.

define "weird"