Thread: Notice but forget to do reality checks

When ever I have dreams they almost always are these fantastic adventures that will never happen. You know what I end up questioning instead of the instead of the insane woman trying to kill me, the guy from a video game handing me a gun, or the giant pork monster in my house(don't ask)? I question why there are chips on my plate when I haven't opened the bag yet and why my long-sleeved shirts are in the drawer my t-shirts should be in. The most annoying part is when ever I question something I forget to do a RC. Any way I can fix this?

To do RC in a dream, first you must gain at least some awareness that will get you lucid or to the verge of lucidity. Then you do RC spontaneously and that either confirms what you already know or gets you that little extra nudge to lucidity.

Are you practicing any daytime awarness training? Are you doing RCs correctly during day? Those could be why you are not getting enough awareness or not doing RCs in your dreams. But that's an easy fix, no worries.

I haven't been doing RCs very often, but I am trying to remember to do them. As for the daytime awareness training I've been taking a look at ADA. The problem is I LOVE to daydream. When I read I imagine detailed scenes and characters. Sometimes if I don't like what is going on I pause and think of another way the scene could go. I also like to play video games with my friends. In short staying aware all the time is hard for me. I wish I could do it cause it sounds fun and I've heard it really helps with LDs. Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by Jkniager

I haven't been doing RCs very often, but I am trying to remember to do them. As for the daytime awareness training I've been taking a look at ADA. The problem is I LOVE to daydream. When I read I imagine detailed scenes and characters. Sometimes if I don't like what is going on I pause and think of another way the scene could go. I also like to play video games with my friends. In short staying aware all the time is hard for me. I wish I could do it cause it sounds fun and I've heard it really helps with LDs. Any suggestions?

Well, the awareness+RCs during day is what trains your mind to question your reality in your dream to get you lucid. This is a very short version of awareness+RC from my Collection of techniques for DILD:

Any time during day, no matter what you doing, stop for a moment and ask yourself a question "Wow, am I dreaming?" that jolts your attention and makes you stop doing whatever you doing. For a moment, entertain the idea, that you are sure this is a dream or false awakening and feel the excitement in the pit of your stomach. Just pretend, that you have had a lucid dream before that was indistinguishable from waking reality, so this moment could also be a dream and you don't know for sure until you RC. Really consider the answer. Don't just automatically answer "Of course I'm not".

Look around and notice details. Look at your hands and count your fingers. Do you have the right amount? Do they look normal? Do a reality check. Try to gently push your thumb through your palm and expect it to go through. Is it going through? Pinch your nose and expect to be able to breathe. Can you? Can you levitate? If not, tell yourself "Next time I'm dreaming, I look at my hands and realize I'm dreaming". Repeat this mantra a few times while looking at your hands.

Pretty soon, this behavior will start manifesting itself in your dreams and you'll be asking yourself if you dreaming, while in regular dream. That will make you lucid. You will do a couple of RCs to make sure.

And here are some alternative RCs that I have a hunch you gonna like - Making our own RCs. You can make your own RCs while you daydream. Expect them to work everytime, as if you were in a dream.

Originally Posted by Jkniager

I haven't been doing RCs very often, but I am trying to remember to do them. As for the daytime awareness training I've been taking a look at ADA. The problem is I LOVE to daydream. When I read I imagine detailed scenes and characters. Sometimes if I don't like what is going on I pause and think of another way the scene could go. I also like to play video games with my friends. In short staying aware all the time is hard for me. I wish I could do it cause it sounds fun and I've heard it really helps with LDs. Any suggestions?

Daydream about being lucid, or doing what you wish to do when lucid, this may lead you to a "fake lucid dream" but I think that in the long run it will help. In this dream you will see that I went from what some wouldn't call lucid to what everyone would consider lucid, this is because this is what I daydream about.

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Thank you both for your advice. I followed it and with in the first 3 days had a lucid dream. It was also much more vivid.