False memories to trick me

[alienaa70433]

I read here that a good RC is to look for any surrounding or object that seems out of the ordinary. I've had many of those in past dreams. Living in hotels, parking my car in the hallway outside of my door, etc, etc. But everytime Ive asked myself, "What the hell?", my mind tricks me with a memory to rationalize the oddities. Edit to say: not only does my mind rationalize it for me. My mind creates an entire set of memories and stories around the object. Like once, there was a hockey mask on my bed, even though the closest Ive ever come to hockey is watching "Miracle" & "The mighty ducks". Well before I could call BS on the mask, I suddenly "remembered" getting the mask as a gift, and could even "remember" playing games with it. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to beat it? Or should I just try to focus on other RCs, like the reading test. (The reading test was what worked for me when I would think to do a RC in my dreams).

[StephenT]

I know what you mean kinda. In a recent dream, I saw a casket on the mailboxes as I was driving out of my neighborhood, and I figured that it was Jim Morrison's. Only 5 seconds later to be watching him in a field launching rockets. I think both a casket being there and seeing him should be major major signs. I'm dream-oblivious.