Thread: Reality Checks in dreams

I didn't mean that I do it absent mindedly, I think about it in while awake but do you think about it in a dream or do you just do it and you suddenly become lucid?

And I have a problem with that as I'm constantly thinking about RC'ing so I would have to do it all the time which would get just a bit annoying.

Hmm...I'm fairly sure that reality checks in a dream are designed to cause you to begin questioning reality. In a dream, the logic centers are switched off, so your brain would think nothing of a time skip or a finger through the palm, or even breathing through your pinched nose. I think you have to think about it in a dream for it to be effective.

As for your RC problems, you could leave sticky notes in strategically-placed areas, and do one every time you see one of these notes, etc. That, or if the idea of RCing isn't appealing altogether, you can try swapping them with the WILD method, or substitute some of them for the MILD method, and use RCing merely as a way to disprove the notion that you're dreaming.

What I say to myself in my head is;

Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then I will be able to breathe with my nose pinched.
*Pinches nose and tries breathing*
Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then my hand will be different.
*Imagines hand having 6 fingers then looks at hand and counts fingers, 1, 2,3 etc*
Five fingers.
Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then my finger will go through my hand.
*Imagines finger going through hand with a ghosty hand and tries pushing finger through*
Am I dreaming?
How did I get here?
*Remembers parts of the current day*

Is that ok as an RC?

Originally Posted by Dying Dignity

What I say to myself in my head is;

Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then I will be able to breathe with my nose pinched.
*Pinches nose and tries breathing*
Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then my hand will be different.
*Imagines hand having 6 fingers then looks at hand and counts fingers, 1, 2,3 etc*
Five fingers.
Am I dreaming?
If I'm dreaming then my finger will go through my hand.
*Imagines finger going through hand with a ghosty hand and tries pushing finger through*
Am I dreaming?
How did I get here?
*Remembers parts of the current day*

Is that ok as an RC?

Yes, that's exactly the sort of mental alertness you want to have throughout the day. I also love that you're doing multiple RC's, and that you really kind of use them to dispel the notion that you are dreaming, rather than to prove it. Perfect mindset, if you ask me.

Congrats, man! Happy dreaming.