I think I know why you reality checks aren't working. They haven't been working for me anymore but they use to. I'm doing it half-ass now kind of. What I'm doing is trying to stick my finger through my hand. What I should do is the watch thing. With the watch thing you really can't do it half ass because it will change because you will be excepting it to in a dream. I should get my watch now come to think of it...