Hello, I became interested in lucid dreaming just two days ago, and I am interested in trying different methods to achieve LD. I used the HILD (Hypnotism-Induced Lucid Dreaming) method to recall my dreams last night. In one of them, I was lucid for part of the time, but lost my lucidness after becoming distracted.

On another note, about the "reality checks" and "dream cues", I saw many impossible things, but did not recognize any (because I was dreaming.) If you are able to do a reality check in a dream, doesn't this mean you are probably already aware of your state, thus defeating the purpose?

Thanks, I'd appreciate any help.