Thread: Reality Check Help!

I think you might have the wrong mindset when it comes to reality checks. The goal of reality checks is not to just "do them and be done". The goal is to question your reality, ask yourself if you're truly dreaming. Don't just try to breathe through a plugged nose and then go on your way, stop and think if it is really a dream. The way I do mine is I start with the assumption that I am dreaming, and actively work to convince myself that I'm not. I try to think of where I've been, what I'm doing, details of the scene around me, and think if it's dreamlike or not.

But don't get discouraged if they haven't worked for you yet. It took me 6 months from attempting lucid dreaming to finally having my first one. Besides, reality checks aren't really about making you lucid in and of themselves. They more of put you in the right mindset to randomly question if you're dreaming while you're actually dreaming. The physical reality checks, like nose plugs or pushing your finger through your hand, are usually just confirmation for once you've already suspected that you're dreaming.

That's exactly what i do, but instead of the nose plug i use the look at hands and finger thru technique. And i dont try to just get them over with, I actually do them very thoroughly and try to really convince myself.

Well, like I said, don't get too discouraged if you don't get results right away. Sometimes it just takes time, and getting discouraged and frustrated will make it harder. Just don't sweat it, keep doing them, and you'll get it eventually.

Agreed with spellbee2. But instead of trying to convince my that I'm not dreaming, I just do the opposite. Can't go wrong either way

You should try to connect reality checks to something that typically occurs in your dreams. Training your event-based prospective memory is far more useful than training your time-based prospective memory because we pay a lot more attention to events than time in our dreams.