Quote Originally Posted by Laurelindo View Post
If you are going to practice Reality Checks then you need to take them completely seriously every time you do them.
You should truly believe that you might actually be dreaming whenever you decide to do them, and not do them just because you feel it's a routine.

I have personally had several dreams where I have "known" I was awake, because "it felt just like waking life", and I always feel really amazed when I wakee up a few seconds later.
I have also had several False Awakenings (dreams about waking up), and they have sometimes felt extremely realistic as well, to the point that I could feel the hard floor on my feet when I got out of my dream bed.
It's actually pretty incredible how real some dreams can look and feel, sometimes they feel literally just as vivid as waking life, all senses included.

My point is that you should always honestly ask yourself if you might actually be dreaming every time you do a reality check, then think about it for a while and look for signs that give away that it is a dream.
If you can't find any signs like that, then you are probably awake - but don't assume this for too long, make another check a while later, because at that point it might possibly be a dream.
That's the thing, though. I do take my RCs seriously. I don't just assume I'm awake. I answer questions to myself like,"Why I'm doing what I'm doing? Where am I?"