Thread: Other Characters' Hands

This morning I had my second lucid dream. I got the sense I was dreaming, then did some reality checks. I looked at both my hands, and they were normal. I tried to look at a watch, but I don't wear one in waking life, and I didn't have one on in the dream. I was standing with a woman, and I looked at one of her hands, and it was normal. Finally, I looked at her other hand, and it only had four fingers (no thumb). I was wondering if other people have looked at their dream characters' hands, and if they are a reliable reality check for you? It cracks me up when so many reality checks fail to show that it's a dream.

I'm always a little confused about what it means for a reality check to "fail". If I do a reality check, say the hand check, and I see a normal hand, but it's a dream, did that check fail? If I do the same check later, and I see three fingers, did that check fail because it showed I'm not in waking reality? A little language fun, not very important because I've always known what people mean in context.

I had a funny experience in the dream, too. I opened a door to find a large dog barking angrily, so I closed it, then my body started floating and I had to hold the doorknob to keep from hitting the ceiling. I took it as a reminder that the dog could not hurt me, and I went inside and the dog was friendlier. LD's are amazing!