Thread: Reality Checks Question ?

When you do reality checks in your daily life are you meant to say 'zone out' in a way or do you just look at it normally?
also i heard apple juice assists with lucidity would that be true or not?

Reality checks are a moment of introspection. You don't need to concentrate like you're trying to summon a spirit, or look around like a maniac who lost track of it's victim. No, the only thing you have to do is...question yourself. "Am I dreaming?"; "What am I doing here?"; "does everything around me seems natural?". You can then use a simple test like trying to breathe with your nose plugged and obtain confirmation. The way to make reality checks a second nature isn't so much by repeating them 50 times a day (that helps increasing the habit though), but by developing a sense of awareness and questioning that will make you doubt about whether you're dreaming or not. For example, are you just randomly reading this, or do you know that you're not dreaming? Stop and do a reality check. Look around.

Regarding apple juice, I'm not sure but some people mention it does help. It may be placebo, or it may work, either way it doesn't hurt to try I saw people pretending they had a lucid dream pill and they actually got lucid dreams due it. It's all on the mind ^^

Oh, and no posts are noobish, unless the ones stating that the simpsons suck Feel free to post all your questions, helping each others is what we're here for

Originally Posted by zoth00

Reality checks are a moment of introspection. You don't need to concentrate like you're trying to summon a spirit, or look around like a maniac who lost track of it's victim. No, the only thing you have to do is...question yourself. "Am I dreaming?"; "What am I doing here?"; "does everything around me seems natural?". You can then use a simple test like trying to breathe with your nose plugged and obtain confirmation. The way to make reality checks a second nature isn't so much by repeating them 50 times a day (that helps increasing the habit though), but by developing a sense of awareness and questioning that will make you doubt about whether you're dreaming or not. For example, are you just randomly reading this, or do you know that you're not dreaming? Stop and do a reality check. Look around.

Regarding apple juice, I'm not sure but some people mention it does help. It may be placebo, or it may work, either way it doesn't hurt to try I saw people pretending they had a lucid dream pill and they actually got lucid dreams due it. It's all on the mind ^^

Oh, and no posts are noobish, unless the ones stating that the simpsons suck Feel free to post all your questions, helping each others is what we're here for

Thank you very much i also have another question about control in the dream scape in my first lucid experience and my only one ive had so far i was on a beach and was trying to control the water but nothing was happening is that actually possible as when i tried to change the water the sun actually just turned into a moon :s and ill surely try the apple juice out