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1. Ive been reading a lot about lucid dreams but I find it hard to believe that people have a hard time recognizing them from true reality... Are reality checks even necessary?.. because I find it hard to believe that someone couldn't tell a dream from reality.. .. unless LDs are more intense than I can even imagine
It's really necessary for you to perform a reality check. Most of the time, a person has a hard time distinguishing reality from dreams. Because if it is that easy to distinguish the two, then all of us can have lucid dreams every single night. So make it a habit to do a reality check.
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2. Ive had many dreams (not LDs) where I thought the person/character in the deam would become my dream guide, but I never dream with them in it again... do dream guides change or have I never even met mine yet?
A dream guide is a dream character that helps you attain lucidity by giving you hints or stuff. So I think you still haven't met your dream guide. But I'm sure it's just around you, waiting to have contact with you.