Thread: First successful reality check

Your description of what your hands looked like exactly match what happened with me earlier this week. Very interesting to know that someone else's experiences are similar to mine. The only thing I remember about my dream is that I was in a dimly lit space. For some reason, I thought to look at my hands and had the same imiage of them as you did. I felt like I was struggling to do it, like my hands did not want to be seen. I put my arms back down, and tried again. I couldn't quite get to the point where I realized I was dreaming, though.

Cool! Actually, I managed to do it again the other day (and I went lucid for the first time!) and a completely different weird thing happened with my hands. This time, a stub of a 6th finger appeared on one of my hands. I could even feel it and everything. When I looked back, it had grown to full size! I think I even had seven fingers at one point, but it made me uncomfortable so I wished them away and my hands actually returned to normal.

This time in the dream I was going around my apartment complex trying to get back into my apartment. But I couldn't find one. After awhile somehow I realized I was dreaming and did the reality check. I wasn't so surprised this time. Managing to remain lucid, I decided to explore around. I did a few things, asking some people where to go, and then I started jumping around. I've had many dreams where I could jump 100s of feet, and this time was no exception, except I was lucid! It was pretty cool, jumping around above a massive tree, but my powers seemed relatively constrained. I couldn't actually fly or jump as high as I wanted, nor did I seem to be able to keep from coming down. I woke up before long.