Hey Everyone!

I'm really new to this forum so please excuse me if this post is in the wrong section

Pretty much all I wanted to do was share with you guys a quick tip I think could help some people with the obstacle of mindful reality checks. (Bear in mind I haven't had a lucid dream that I can remember yet so take this advice with a grain of salt).

The hardest thing I found when I started doing reality checks was I was either doing them automatically and not really taking much notice of them or I would justify my ASSUMPTION "this is not a dream" too easily.

I've found the following mindset to be extremely helpful in overcoming these obstacles. Most of the tutorials I've read about state that Reality Checks are mindful awareness exercises designed to test whether or not you are in a waking or dreaming state with the goal being that if this becomes habit you will perform one within a dream and become lucid.

However I would like to state my new mindset is not TESTING what reality you are in but instead PROVING to yourself that you are awake instead.

The good thing about this mindset is that it stops the brain from automatically assuming on a subconscious level that "I know I'm not dreaming" or "I know I'm awake" by challenging it to justify the real world on a more meaningful basis. If you question not "am I dreaming?" But instead "am I awake?" I find that it helps a lot with making reality checks a lot more mindful and effective.

Again I haven't had a lucid dream so bear in mind I am by no means a professional on this matter (who is :p) and also remember that every person is different. This mindset helps ME to perform more meaningful reality checks and I am in no way discrediting other RC tutorials, it is merely an alternative mindset others may wish to try.

Thanks guys and I hope someone out there finds this helpful