Are You Dreaming?

Do A Reality Check Carefully Now

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About Reality Checks

Reality checks are a crucial technique for lucid dreamers. They work by exploiting the different cognitive functions of the dreaming and waking brain, helping you to become aware within a dream. In a dream, certain things will behave in ways that are inconsistent with the real world.

How to Use Them

There are numerous ways to perform a reality check, here are a few examples:

  • Reading text: Text or numbers often change or don't make sense in dreams. Try reading a sentence, looking away, and reading it again.
  • Hand through solid object: In a dream, your hand may be able to pass through a solid wall or object.
  • Count your fingers: Look at your hand and count your fingers. In a dream, you may have more or fewer than five fingers.
  • Jumping: In a dream, when you jump, you might float or fly instead of landing back on the ground.

Practice these tests during your waking hours and they will become a habit, eventually carrying over into your dreams and helping you become lucid.