Thread: why I will never be able to lucid dream~

My "first RC" is to check the dream feeling. If it "feels a lot like a dream", then it is a reality fail and I go dream time. Second one is look at hands. I don't count my fingers, I just look at my hands and they normally have something wrong with them, plain to see as soon as you look at them. Especially now that I have my dream watch.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

My "first RC" is to check the dream feeling. If it "feels a lot like a dream", then it is a reality fail and I go dream time. Second one is look at hands. I don't count my fingers, I just look at my hands and they normally have something wrong with them, plain to see as soon as you look at them. Especially now that I have my dream watch.

How exactly do you check the dream feeling?

Originally Posted by Gills

How exactly do you check the dream feeling?

It's kind of like a gut feeling that it is a dream.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

It's kind of like a gut feeling that it is a dream.

I have had that as well, but it usually isn't enough, so I have to verify using an RC.

Never rely on your "gut feeling" that something is a dream, because you might jump out the window trying to fly.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

My "first RC" is to check the dream feeling. If it "feels a lot like a dream", then it is a reality fail and I go dream time. Second one is look at hands. I don't count my fingers, I just look at my hands and they normally have something wrong with them, plain to see as soon as you look at them. Especially now that I have my dream watch.

Yes, this is much more like my own RCs. Good suggestions. Dreams do not feel the same as waking. If in your RC you really try to notice if you feel strange, then do the RC in a dream, it really is a dead give away. Also on the hand thing, I agree. I do not try to count fingers, but just really examine the hands. They are almost never rendered correctly in a dream. Something looks blurry or there are no veins and so on.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

It's kind of like a gut feeling that it is a dream.

It is kind of like a gut feeling, but I think that for me it is that the dreamworld, once noticed, is a lot more different than we normally think it is, so after a few LDs, I noticed a feeling that I have in all dreams as well as all lucids. It is impossible to explain this feeling, as I don't think that we possess the needed muscle or organ to feel it. I don't know how to describe it better than that. I think that it might be like a tangible gut feeling.

Originally Posted by Gills

I have had that as well, but it usually isn't enough, so I have to verify using an RC.

Never rely on your "gut feeling" that something is a dream, because you might jump out the window trying to fly.

I would have to disagree with it not being enough. I never just jump out of windows in my dreams, if I see a window or something that would be dangerous in waking life, I will "Fly" out of it. If I am flying, then it doesn't matter if it is waking or a dream. This feeling I trust over examining the hands. Also, I normally teleport to a location at the beginning of LDs.

Originally Posted by sivason

Yes, this is much more like my own RCs. Good suggestions. Dreams do not feel the same as waking. If in your RC you really try to notice if you feel strange, then do the RC in a dream, it really is a dead give away. Also on the hand thing, I agree. I do not try to count fingers, but just really examine the hands. They are almost never rendered correctly in a dream. Something looks blurry or there are no veins and so on.

Thanks. I am glad to see someone else has a similar experience.