False Awakenings

[DrakeCai]

How do you know if your in a false awakening? And how can you be sure of it?

[Snowy Egypt]

Usually you'll dream that you're waking up from a dream in your room, in your bed. A lot of people make it a habit to RC when they wake up so that they do it in an FA they may have next time they're asleep.

[DrakeCai]

Can you give me a tutorial link to do a reality check? Sometimes when im in a sleep paralysis i just gradually open my eyes and the weights that i felt on my eyes just loosen up and i am on my bed.

[Snowy Egypt]

Sure thing.

[DrakeCai]

Sometimes when im in a sleep paralysis i just gradually open my eyes and the weights that i felt on my eyes just loosen up and i am on my bed. thanks. Can you also tell me if the above quote is an example of a false awakening?

[Snowy Egypt]

When you found that you were on your bed, did you seem to wake up again?

[DrakeCai]

I don't understand what you mean. And for the RC link do you have a page that explained how to do a RC?

[hoangtrang]

Well, great work! You have helped me to improve my knowledge about this field. Thank you so much for sharing.

[Sotik]

How do you know if your in a false awakening? And how can you be sure of it? When you wake up, always do a reality check. Then it will carry over into dreams. I have had many dreams where I woke up, but was not really awake, just dreaming that I woke up. So I started doing RC every time I thought I woke up and I would catch false awakenings. For me I always do three checks, I check a watch, look away and look back. Then I try to press my fingers through the palm of my hand, and then I pinch my nose and try to breath. RC's can be tricky, for example I use to pinch myself, but then I realized in a dream i can feel pain, also a clock never always changes, nor can you always put your fingers through your hand, and sometimes when i do the pinch nose i cant breath in, but i can breath out and it has taken me a bit to get use to the idea, well if i am not suppose to be able to breath out either. However in the end, since I do three, one of them always fails so I can catch that I am in a dream, where as if I did one I would never catch it. So its good to have more then one RC. Try easy simple ones that you can do through out the day.