Thread: Dreams Within Dreams?

Hi, everybody!
I have gotten to the point where I am having lucid dreams around three times a week. In these dreams, however, I am usually asleep in the first dream I was in. Any time I go to sleep in a regular dream, I pop into an auto-lucid dream. I guess it's because I remember going to sleep in my dream. The amount of time I spend in these dreams really just depends on the night. I have some dreams where I spend what feels like a full day in, and others that I only spend a couple of seconds in.
When I wake up in the dream, it turns back into a normal dream. So my question is how do I remember to do a reality check when I wake up in the dream?
I thought that I would automatically do a reality check since it happens so often, but these dreams are really, REALLY realistic, so I often trick myself into thinking I'm actually awake. I have had one dream where I decided to do a reality check because of something weird happening, and turned that dream into a lucid dream.
Do you guys have any tips? Have you ever experienced false awakenings like this before?