Thread: Won't rc in public

This is one of the reasons i have not been able to do very well with reality checks, i don't know about any of you lot but i hate looking like a complete prat in public, i remember because i was in school and i held my nose and someone asked me why i was holding my nose and i said "i was just seeing how long i could hold my breath for", i then slowly walked away lol. Its a tough one though, i think if you did a reality check within your mind and not physically it may work for you.

LS and ld master, well the point that people here are making is that you don't have to do anything physical for a reality check. I wouldn't be caught dead holding my nose in class!

You don't have to stand up and yell "K, everyone i'm doing an RC now!!!"

If you wnna block your nose, put your hands on your face as if you were tired and slip 2 fingers to block your nose. If you want to put your finger through your palm, cup your hands and slip one down into the other palm.

I always do the time reality check, or the reading one. They're 100% discreet, it's not weird for you to look at your watch, or reading the name of a street

I think i should maybe try not to care what people think of me, i sometimes try my best not to be myself, well at college i doubt it would be seen as weird at all, you should see my Maths teacher, he is crazy but he is really funny, he started singing a song about windows after asking me to open one?!?!

Id, you are missing out on a something that can be vital to our LD's.
Reality checking has been key to me for re-enforcing my LD's.
How do I RC in public? There are many subtle ways to learn to remind yourself that you are dreaming. Everyone has given good suggestions.

I do a lot of RC's 'secretly'. What I mean is, if I am in public, at work, home, and I want to RC. I will just use the common daily routine tasks as RC's.
Something that you do every day in front of people can become a good RC.

Heres an exercise that I use all the time, and no one around has any idea of what I'm doing. You can use any common object.
Sitting at my desk at work, I look at the phone in front of me. I open my hand in the direction of the phone and ask it to come to my hand, I visualize the phone travelling across the desk into my hand. I can feel the phone moving towards my hand. Over and over, I mentally repeat the command.

So what do you think happens when I'm dreaming and I see a phone?
It travels across the desk into my hand.
This is going to be a good LD!

I agree, try taking up some RC's that are discrete and won't bring attention to yourself...jumping is out of the question.

I have been drinking tonight and i have been doing awareness rc's all night. I just hope looking like a prat all night will pay off.

what you can do is pretend you are about to sneeze and cover your nose with your arm (MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN)... put your arm over your nostrils and try breathing... if you can, CONGRATS... if you cant, move your head back a bit and close your eyes (so people will know you're about to sneeze and not a psychopath).

I missed a great lucid opportunity once with a nude female crotch in my face at a restaurant. All because I was "in public" and too embarrassed to do an RC so I let the notion that I may be dreaming slip away.

But in waking life, most of my RCs are discrete and not noticeable to others.

I guess though in your case, perhaps you could opt for two different types of reality check? One which you usually do and one in case of being in public? The most important thing after all is to ask yourself whether or not you're dreaming, right? Not the actual type of check.

That's what I do. If there is no one around, I'll pinch my nose to do a RC, but if there are, I'll kind of half swallow, to block my airway, and then try to breathe. The watch RC works well too. If you don't wear a watch, just use nearby text.