Got any tips on reality checks?

[Filimonki]

Hey! I'm new to lucid dreaming! So I need an answer to a question I have! I'm having a hard time including reality checks to my daily routines! Do you guys have any tips? I need something solid. The "do-a-reality-check-everytime-you-walk-through-a-doorway" trick doesn't work... I'm a forgetfull guy! xD

[yuriythebest]

ask yourself if you are dreaming 10-20 seconds after ppl start talking to you (like someone randomly walks into a room and asks you something) - that's the most challenging time to RC.

[Kordan]

I'd suggest doing a reality check whenever you feel like it (such as "oh, I havn't done a reality check in a while", and then you do one) or whenever something strange or out of the ordinary happens (such as "is that man really talking into a sparkly pink phone?"). Hope this helps!

[Nim Daem Wolb]

set a reminder in your fone dude and jus try and do them as much as you can and aftera a while you get used to it more good luck! xD

[Muggler]

First off, try to RC every 10-15 minutes. If you find that hard, make a suitable timeframe for yourself. Try to look at a clock every so often, and notice how long it has been since you last reality checked. Also, when do you reality check, don't just do your technique. Don't just say, "Well my finger isn't going through my hand. So I am awake." Literally check reality. Look around you. Feel gravity. Feel your weight. Feel what it is like to move around. Test anything you can. Eventually, reality checking will become concreted into your head, and you will do this in your dreams, and achieve lucidity. Good luck! -Muggler

[Shift]

Write RC on your hand every day and RC when you see it and especially when you think about it without having seen it. Place post-its around your room/house/whereever reminding you to RC. Try to anticipate them. Use the mnemonic aid of visualizing your day and all of the cues you've left around for yourself. Set an alarm to go off as frequently as possible, and RC when it goes off. Switch through all the ringtones on your phone, and anticipate your main ringtone. Every time you hear it, RC, then continue flipping through until you reach it again. Practice this, so that whenever your phone goes off you think to RC. If you watch tv, do the same with commercials. If you listen to the radio, do the same with commercials. Etc. Remember to follow the tutorial and I recommend this.

[cL0cKradi0]

well i gave myself a tattoo thatt i use for recall that looks like this: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...9&id=734966311 every time i ask myself if im dreaming i look at my tattoo and it tells me if i am or not also if you can put a banner on your cell phone just put "are you dreaming" as it and youll see it every time you open your phone

[slash112]

well i gave myself a tattoo thatt i use for recall that looks like this: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...9&id=734966311 every time i ask myself if im dreaming i look at my tattoo and it tells me if i am or not also if you can put a banner on your cell phone just put "are you dreaming" as it and youll see it every time you open your phone Interesting tatoo. And yea, things like wallpapers are good. Like for example, look at a screen shot of my desktop. So, I don't need to be actually on my desktop to see "RC". Only problem is that it is now normal to me and I don't pay any attention to it. The best idea for this kind of thing is to regularly change the appearance of it, so it doesn't become too familiar.

[Shift]

I'm not sure why I can't find it on his threads anymore, but Banhurt made a pretty neat pop-up reality check program. I've got it on my computer but as he's not hosting it I won't pass it on unless he says it's ok. Would be worth PMing him to ask. Both his programs (RC/DJ) are fantastic.

[slash112]

Well, I'll be honest with you, I don't really like the DJ program. But I know I would if I was to get used to it. But the RC program is exactly what I've been looking for. Then I realised, I might be able to use the brain flooder, and change the settings enough so that it pops up for a reasonable amount of time and a reasonable amount of times.

[Lennox]

I RC every time I see a Pontiac.

[Hermes|]

I found a program for you! http://bytered.com/software-realitycheck.html It pops up every once and a while and asks you to RC. Cheers

[no-Name]

I'm not sure why I can't find it on his threads anymore, but Banhurt made a pretty neat pop-up reality check program. I've got it on my computer but as he's not hosting it I won't pass it on unless he says it's ok. Would be worth PMing him to ask. Both his programs (RC/DJ) are fantastic. The thread Shift would be mentioning is here http://dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=79888

[Shift]

Does that actually have the link to the RC program? I had no trouble finding the thread, just the link (though, I didn't sift through the entire thread so forgive me if it is there somewhere!)

[Bizarre Jester]

Hey! I'm new to lucid dreaming! So I need an answer to a question I have! I'm having a hard time including reality checks to my daily routines! Do you guys have any tips? I need something solid. The "do-a-reality-check-everytime-you-walk-through-a-doorway" trick doesn't work... I'm a forgetfull guy! xD I just stare at my hands, but you really don't have to do anything. Just think to yourself occasionally "Am I dreaming". Some people say things like jump up and see if you fly, but that's going to make you look retarded if you do that at work or in public.

[Shift]

Got lucid twice last night by counting fingers. The DC with me the first time was confused, and somehow I explained, "If you hold all your fingers out, but with your pinky down, your brain puts in an extra finger to replace it!" So basically like W except with the thumb out, only the pinky curled over, and in the dream there was a finger extended to replace it, giving me a default of six fingers on one hand. A whole shitload of dream insanity, but hey- it worked! Maybe try to incorporate that somehow. It seemed like the dream hand couldn't make the weird contorted shape that happens in RL when I force my pinky down like that. That was just the feeling I got anyway, which probably means it's rubbish.

[Filimonki]

Sounds like a good idea! I'll check it out! I do the finger through palm trick, and I acctually got lucid some days ago with it!