Step 2: Reality Checks
Reality checks are the most important part of lucid dreaming, and you'll need to get into the habit of doing them throughout the day. Reality checks are just like they sound; you need to check if anything is out of the ordinary in your waking life. The goal is to form a habit of checking so often that you begin to think about doing them in your sleep. Then, during a dream, you'll be more aware of your surroundings and open to the idea that the world around you isn't real. "There is no spoon" kind of stuff. Here are a few checks you can try:
- When you walk into a room, just look around and see if you spot anything unusual. This could be anything from floating letters to a a whale flying next to your head. Of course, in dreams, these kinds of things seem completely normal, and sometimes a reality check won't be entirely focused and you still won't figure out you're asleep. More than likely, the characters in your dreams will disagree that you're dreaming.
Me: (walks into room, begins to look around suspiciously)
Hedgehog: Hello! So, what are you doing?
Me: Oh, hi. I'm checking to see if this is a dream. Hmm. I guess I feel a bit weird. Am I asleep?
Hedgehog: I don't think so. ...No, probably not. Otherwise this soup wouldn't be real.
Me: You made soup?
Hedgehog: Parsnip!
Me: Oh...well, hurray!
- Double check yourself when you read anything, because in dreams, text often changes at second glance.
-You might turn on a light, or make sure the structure of the room is still the same.
-You may choose to lightly pinch yourself on the hand to check feeling.
For my first reality checks, I would look for anything out of the ordinary, and then bite myself on the finger to see if I could feel it. In my first lucid dream, I was so use to doing the checks that I bit myself, felt nothing, and realized that I must be in a dream.
- When you walk into a room, just look around and see if you spot anything unusual. This could be anything from floating letters to a a whale flying next to your head. Of course, in dreams, these kinds of things seem completely normal, and sometimes a reality check won't be entirely focused and you still won't figure out you're asleep. More than likely, the characters in your dreams will disagree that you're dreaming.
Me: (walks into room, begins to look around suspiciously)
Hedgehog: Hello! So, what are you doing?
Me: Oh, hi. I'm checking to see if this is a dream. Hmm. I guess I feel a bit weird. Am I asleep?
Hedgehog: I don't think so. ...No, probably not. Otherwise this soup wouldn't be real.
Me: You made soup?
Hedgehog: Parsnip!
Me: Oh...well, hurray!
- Double check yourself when you read anything, because in dreams, text often changes at second glance.
-You might turn on a light, or make sure the structure of the room is still the same.
-You may choose to lightly pinch yourself on the hand to check feeling.
For my first reality checks, I would look for anything out of the ordinary, and then bite myself on the finger to see if I could feel it. In my first lucid dream, I was so use to doing the checks that I bit myself, felt nothing, and realized that I must be in a dream.
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i guess that would be a dream ez reality check because sometimes i pick my nose
Do not look into a mirror. This is an instant nightmare. The image is usually distorted and scary.
Although I guess this could be used as a reality check? Just find a mirror?
i love pulp fiction
My first lucid dream i was standing next to a car and about to get into it and i check if i was dreaming. So i pulled my finger and it stretched. Buuut i got too excited and woke up >.<