I have a bit of a problem attaining lucidity.

[KindleStray]

I can remember 2-3 dreams per night now, and I know that one of my dream signs are characters from certain TV series. Each time I see one of them, I do a few reality checks. I remember to perform one even when I'm drunk, sleepy or whatever. Sadly, this won't apply to my dreams. I remember dreaming about those signs, but without performing reality checks. That's my 1st problem. 2nd one similar - since I can attain lucidity through other ways, sometimes I succeed. And when I want to perform a reality check to stabilize my dream ... they won't work. I can read normally. The time is just fine. When I look in the mirror I see myself, without any deviations. And so on. My brain won't even let me change my location, or summon someone/something. It's happening recently, for about 3-4 weeks - I had quite a few lucid dreams with my complete control before that. I haven't obtained them with reality checks, but they worked when I wanted to stabilize my dream. And one more thing... can one feel pain while dreaming? Physical pain. Lately my normal dreams have changed a bit, and I don't think I like that change.