Thread: Smudgefish's Workbook

I'M SO HAPPY!! I QUESTIONNED REALITY IN A DREAM LAST NIGHT, FAILED A RC, BUT AT LAST SOMETHING IS WORKING... I cried when I woke up I was so happy, and I was so excited I couldn't get back to sleep.

I was having a very vivid dream. I came to a door in a strange room and found it was locked, then thought to myself 'this is just what would happen in a dream', thought no I'm not dreaming but I will just look at my hands anyway - I had 2 thumbs, so I thought it can't be! Looked back again and had 2 of all my fingers, then I tried to remember what I had been doing in the last few minutes and remembered I had been in a pub (so failed a memory test), and thought how tired I was so I was obviously seeing double. I looked at my other hand and there was 2 of everything there as well, so I thought I really am tired, and just carried on with my dream.

I was obsessively reality checking yesterday, doing prospective memory exercises, reading these forums a lot, and did MILD as I fell asleep ('The next thing I see will be a dream, and I will remember to look at my hands')

I can't believe that after 6 months something has finally happened and I REALLY thought I might be dreaming, and questionned it properly. I'm not in the slightest bit disappointed I didn't get lucid, it's a major step forward anyway. My hard work has paid off at last, and I feel like I'm in the club now. This has made me even more determined to keep going!! It's reality checking all day long for me now.

Thanks Hirondelle for your comments. I am reality checking every time I'm driving, and I'm a doctor so I'm in 'medical situations' all the time! I think the prospective memory exercises are working by the way, and maybe it's given me the breakthrough so I am forever in your debt - thanks for that pointer.