Thread: Don't seem to RC anymore in my dreams?

I know what I say about reality checking is really starting to sound repetitive, but that's because I think, at least for me, these things are so important:

Try doing your RCs whenever you first wake up (FAs), whenever you realize there is a coincidence, whenever you are strongly confused about something, whenever something just weird happens and stands out as strange, whenever you think of lucid dreaming, whenever you hear someone say 'dream' or talk about dreaming, whenever you think about reality checking, whenever you think about or see your dreamsigns, whenever you notice you are looking at the time, whenever you find yourself coming up with an explanation for something, and whenever you think of the daily dreamsign.

When these things DO happen, whatever it is that you are doing you need to completely stop. Literally stop in your tracks, focus on nothing but your reality checking. Look around you. Where are you? Should you be there? Who are you with? Where are you going? Where are you coming from? Does it make sense?

Do your reality checks, and when you do them make sure to really, really REALLY expect them to work because you think there's a chance you're dreaming. Do them expecting and even imagining the dream outcome. If you are pushing a finger into your palm, imagine the feeling as it pushes through, and visualize the tip coming out the other end. If you are counting, point to each finger and say the number to yourself. Maybe imagine extra fingers growing, or try wiggling them around to see if, when you stop, there's an extra one. Imagine the flow of air through your pinches nostrils.

When you do them, make sure to do a few in case one doesn't work. Always have backup RCs.

The daily dreamsign is definitely good for MILDs, but also good for remembering to do your regular reality checks at those times that I pointed out. So yea, if you can really try to do them every day or to at least come up with your own, or be very diligent about your own dreamsigns.

The best DILD isn't one where you reality check, it's one where you realize you're dreaming without a state test because your awareness is just that good!

Hi Shift,

Thank you for the information on reality checking.

That's sort of how I had my first LD, I just knew I was dreaming because I was aware (had a cup of coffee before bed).