Thread: First attempt, failed 3 reality checks in 3 different dreams

Originally Posted by madvorak

You should definitely change your RCs. Try nose-plug and some RC involving dream changeability (reading, clocks) instead.

I'm a little hesitant to do a reading or clock RCs because...wouldn't I have to first find a clock or book in my dream? I thought that might be a problem for me since I usually feel so light headed and discombobulated when I enter my dreams.

Originally Posted by melanieb

The standard reality checks do not work for every person. I have never succeeded with the hand-based ones myself. I had to develop my own RC that worked for me.

Of course, you just started...it could be the elements entered your dream from the reading but you were never really lucid. Are you highly susceptible to suggestion?

Autosuggestion might work better for you.

Go through your dream signs. You know, the common elements that show up in your dream that would only happen in a dream, such as being somewhere naked or taking a school test. Use those elements to trigger lucidity, and if they show up often they can become your own reality check.

I've actually been doing mantras, like saying over and over "this is a dream" when I do my RCs. I heard that would help, and it's sort of similar to autosuggestion right?