Reality Check Question.

[Greg]

I've heard that lots of people set the alarms on their watches to beep every 15 minutes and do reality checks that way. But if you do that, you're just doing a state test because you hear a beep... doesn't that mean that because you won't hear the beep in your dream, that method won't work? I mean, I've been trying to do state checks like mad, but I always seem to forget. It's annoying. If the alarm method works, I'm all for it. ...If someone uses another method for state checking, let me know. Thanks a lot. Greg.

[Soilent Green]

The idea is dream incubation... if you do something/think about something enough in your waking life it is going to carry over into your dreams. If you are always hearing a beep, then chances are this will happen in your dream. It also is effective because it put you in the mindset of questioning reality.

[Turkeh]

I disagree.. with this your just conditioning yourself to do RC's every 15mins (15mins seems excesive to me). The idea is you will eventually end up doing a RC every 15minutes ish even if you don’t hear the beep. Think pavlovs dog. There is also the chance if you wear you watch in bed that you will hear it in the night within your dream and remeber to do an RC that way.

[lord soth]

^ | | what he said ---

[tryagain]

I'm too lazy to wear a watch. Especially do RCs every 15 minutes!!! What I do is whenever something strange happens, I do reality checks. Or if I find myself somewhere and don't know how I got here. here's 3 more I like *looking at letters and seeing if they mutilate *thinking your thoguhts (try to realize what you're thinking. SOmetimes, thoughts will pass without realizing it) *the breathing test from the RC article

[Floor]

haha i don't think i'd hang out with a person if their watch beeped every 15 minutes... when i need to wake up a few times during the night, i use a little quartz alarm clock that ticks really loudly. i have to keep it next to my bed. it is the most painful tick i have ever heard in my life. after 10 minutes of lying in bed listening to that tick, i willfully consider killing the next person i see.