Thread: The frustrating part of trying to Lucid Dream for the first time!

When you perform a Reality Check in a dream, you need to feel confident that you actually can succeed with it.
I guess this is one of the reasons why lucid dreamers are always told to practice RC's in waking life.
Think about it this way - if you decide to try pushing your finger through your hands in waking life, you just "know" you won't be able to do it, and that your finger will bounche back when it reaches your hand.
That's your only experience with your physical body, so it is natural to unwillingly expect the same thing in dreams as well.
You need to really tell yourself that you are dreaming, that that there is no physical matter, and that you should be able to push your finger through your hand.
Try to do it with your eyes closed if it makes things easier, so you don't see the dream hand.

You can also try some of Stephen LaBerge's tricks to get around this - try imagining that your hand is slightly porous, and once you start feeling this it will become more and more porous, and your finger will pass through it.