Quote Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick View Post
Firstly, the fact that I genuinely confused the dream with reality for a few seconds
This is a problem which is not uncommon for me. Some people claim that in every single lucid, you can always feel that signature "dream-like" feeling. I have not found this to be the case. While I do sometimes feel that dreamy feeling which makes me so sure that I am dreaming that I don't even bother doing a reality check, other times I don't get that feeling and will be hesitant to accept the "reality" as a dream even after failing a reality check. However, a couple more reality checks will assure me that I am dreaming. I usually end up telling myself, "Okay, this might seem every bit as real as waking life, but I know that it is not possible to breathe through my nose when it's pinched shut this tightly, so it has to be a dream..."