Dreams taking a difficult turn

[Myrai]

Hey once again! I started seriouly LDing about 3 weeks ago, and everything was going great. Last week, I even managed to have a lucid dream that lasted roughly 10 minutes (Not 10 consecutive minutes mind you, but I was going in and out in the same dream.) However, starting about monday of this week, my dreams have taken a rather annoying turn. They're all too real. I dream of waking up and telling my parents they're making too much noise. Or of having my cat jump up on me, when in reality he's downstairs or something. I remember these dreams, so my recall isn't lost completely, but I can't tell if these are dreams or real situations until I ask someone about it, about 8 hours later on. By then, I've forgotten most of the details and my DJ entries are reduced to one or two liners. I guess I'm asking, is there any way I can manipulate my dreams just slightly so they aren't so normal and plausible, and if not, is there any way I can tell without waiting 8 hours before I can ask someone?

[Rainman]

Well when you're awake, perform some reality checks to make sure you're not dreaming. That's happened to me before. Are you lucid in those really realistic dreams? Actually I guess that was a dumb question :p So yeah my best advice is to reality check during the day. If you can read something twice, you're not dreaming...Usually anyway