"Verifying" lucidity

[aerilith]

Hey there, Last night I had a dream, and I would like to ask a few questions related to it. Now, I spent a few hours last night before bed, reading about Dream Guides - and the whole topic excited me a lot and made me want to meet mine. When I first started, I put down a few dream-goals, and I put down "Find my Dream Guide" without really thinking, but after reading about it last night, I was really motivated and excited about it all. Last night I also had a dream (Just a short recap), I was in a classroom-like setting, and there was nothing really out of the ordinary (compared to many of my other dreams at least), yet I did a nose-plug RC, and I could still breathe - I sort of thought "whoa, that can't be right", and did it a few more times, with the same result. I immediately turned to the nearest DC and started asking questions about my DG. When I felt the dream fade, I did the rubbing hands thing, but it didn't really help. All in all, there were a lot of indications that this might be a lucid dream (my first, since learning of LD'ing), but I didn't feel excited or very in control at all. I'm not sure whether this was because I had a clear goal, which I wanted to fulfill. The dream wasn't overwhelmingly vivid as opposed to other dreams I've had, where I sort of felt like I was "watching" events unfold, without any real control. My question is this; Is it possible to verify your own lucidity? I read about false lucids, where the mind supposedly tricks you into thinking it's a lucid dream - but how would one tell the difference? Sorry for the rather long post, but it's been nagging me ever since I got up. ~Ronni