Thread: Reality Check

I coun't my fingers then pull my earlobes. A wierd test yes, but if I have the right amount of fingers, then I always have the elastic ear lobes to fall back on.

Trying to put my finger through my hand works for me

Oh cool. I try to put my finger through my hand as well. I haven't really read about that one anywhere either. I also plug my nose and try to breath through it (which I read about here).... the thing is I raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrely do reality checks... i never remember to.

Cheers,
Dylan

Counting fingers seems like a good idea - because even seeing your hands can cause some strange effects (for me anyway)
I tend to check for the small scar on my hand, and if my hand looks 'normal'
Then I question what I ate last, and how I got there (wherever 'there' is). If I can't answer those Q's, then its a dream.
Then if I feel extra energetic about it - I block my nose and breathe...

I used to have a whole lot more, but got lazy

whoa the part where you question how you got to 'where' you curremtly are, thats a bloody goo technique Placebo

-spin around... i don't get dizzy in my dreams, and irl i get a graceful feeling when i spin just a little, one twirl, but in my dreams i get an unnaturally strong pull of centrifical force

-bang or run into something; in my dreams my pain perception is off, i always feel like i got buffeted back and the air knocked out of me by a big pillow.... as i am a klutz, this is something that i never have to try to consciously check, lol

-drop something i no longer have a use for; in my dreams, once it hits the floor it will cease to exist, even if i want it back

Originally posted by Xisdence
whoa the part where you question how you got to 'where' you curremtly are, thats a bloody goo technique Placebo *

Thanks, but its not an original Placebo idea
You have to be careful with it though - you could easily come up with a BS reason. You need to really ask yourself 'how did I get here... and is that at all unusual...'
The same goes for the last meal

Doesn't thinking about having to check ever work as a trigger for anybody? I don't know, but in waking life, I sure don't have to wonder if I'm dreaming or not, I know I'm not. So I think if it came to me in a dream, "well, I wonder if I'm dreaming, let's check", that alone should be enough to set my mind on to the notion that I'm dreaming.

Originally posted by incognito
Doesn't thinking about having to check ever work as a trigger for anybody? I don't know, but in waking life, I sure don't have to wonder if I'm dreaming or not, I know I'm not. So I think if it came to me in a dream, \"well, I wonder if I'm dreaming, let's check\", that alone should be enough to set my mind on to the notion that I'm dreaming.

Often it is.. but in a really vivid dream you're left thinking 'Wow.. this is incredible. It's too good to be a dream. What if I make an idiot of myself? I better play it safe...'
So, the reality checks work as a sort of confirmation that you're not crazy
Keep in mind, they don't all work the same for everyone... you need to try at least 2 or 3 to be certain

mm, with me and reality checks, it's generally something i do by accident all the time that i don't percieve the same, and for a moment i get the feeling that something weird's going on... but most ppl work up habits that they do when waking so much that their start doing them in their sleep, right?