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| What is your favorite reality check? |
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So, what's everyone's favorite way to do a reality check?
Mine is to do the one where you look at some text or a clock and see if it changes. I also like to go through my recent memories and see if there are any 'holes', like if I can't remember how I got somewhere, I'll know I'm dreaming.
On a few occasions I'll try to push my hand through something, or try to breath while pluging my nose, or maybe try to hover or fly.
What about you? 
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| Posted: Tue 10 May, 2005 |
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I've always been partial to the hand check, but I also do the nose hold technique from time to time
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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I like looking at a clock or something to see if it's changed or anything. I have a watch so that makes it easy.
Oh, I also wear glasses so a fairly simple on is to just slide down or take off my glasses to see if I can still see normally or not. blurry vision = reality; perfect vision w/o glasses = dream
Ignore the fact what I just told you screams "nerd" and we'll be fine. <_< >_>
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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| Xgamer4 wrote: |
I like looking at a clock or something to see if it's changed or anything. I have a watch so that makes it easy.
Oh, I also wear glasses so a fairly simple on is to just slide down or take off my glasses to see if I can still see normally or not. blurry vision = reality; perfect vision w/o glasses = dream
Ignore the fact what I just told you screams "nerd" and we'll be fine. <_< >_> |
I have glasses to, so I think I'll try that in my next LD, see if I have perfect vision also.
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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Haven't really had that many LDs, so I couldn't say for sure. Just thought of one today that would be cool though. I have a beauty mark on the center of my left hand, so I could check for that in dreams.
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As you can clearly see, there is a mark on my left hand. 
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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Haven't really had that many LDs, so I couldn't say for sure. |
Why not RC in real life to? You'd have a better chance of RCing in your dreams then 
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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| Josh Redstone wrote: |
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Haven't really had that many LDs, so I couldn't say for sure. |
Why not RC in real life to? You'd have a better chance of RCing in your dreams then |
True, true. Today I've been trying to look at my hand every time I see a clock or the time. Sorta doing a double RC then!
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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Hands (finger counting) ... the best and simplest imho. I do it all the time
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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i randomly look at my hands, its my trigger to ask myself if im dreaming
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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The reality check i uselly do is bite my hand although i have never been able to try it in a dream. i usually dont feel pain or something by touch. but the hold the nose thing is also a good one.
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| Posted: Wed 11 May, 2005 |
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My favorite is to look at my hands and count my fingers. It's easy and it has worked. I also go back in my memory to find any illogical skips in time. Sometimes I use the nose hold, but I've never used it in a dream, so I'm not sure if it works.
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| Posted: Thu 12 May, 2005 |
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I think my favorite reality check is pinching myself seems to work for me
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| Posted: Thu 12 May, 2005 |
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My favourite one is the nose one.
I've never seen my hands looking strange in a dream yet. And If I take my glasses off in a dream I can't see, everything is hazy and dark. I think I've only used RCs as a check after I've realised I was dreaming, As far as I remember I've never randomly done an RC in a dream. Probably need to do more RCs eh?
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| Posted: Thu 12 May, 2005 |
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i go with the nose rc too, also looking at the clock, but i dont have a watch so its kinda hard
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| Posted: Thu 12 May, 2005 |
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| basicm wrote: |
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I think my favorite reality check is pinching myself seems to work for me |
Does that really work?
When I pinch myself in a dream, I just feel the pinch, and I wouldn't want to 'pinch myself to wake up' anyway
How do you use this reality check, I'm curious
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