I know I’m not dreaming simply from the fact I can even ask if I am dreaming. When I’m actually dreaming the most random stuff can happen and I don’t even question the fact that it must be real
15I think the idea is to form a habit or a tick that is so strong it carries over to your dream. So like, if you commit to wearing a watch everyday, and check it every 5 minutes, eventually you'll do it in your dreams too. Then, you don't have to intentionally check whether you're in a dream, hoprfully you'll just catch the time being wildly different and be like "holy crap this was a dream??"
12Yes, that is correct. It's one of the strategies you learn when you start diving in to lucid dreaming. Another is to look at some writing (maybe even this sign) and look away and look back, it will say something else if it's a dream.
I got really into lucid dreaming when I was younger, but I couldn't fly because I guess I just have no imagination, so I gave up.
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Looked at my watch a minute ago and it was 2:12. Just looked again and it's a completely different time, 2:13
Welp this day is a stupid dream I guess
10The devs patched that by making clocks not render at all for me.
1Every sign has a story and I'd love to hear that one.
1The guy who hung it printed it out and taped it up just before snapping the photo. Really cool story honestly.
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Hear is an easy hack, try screaming out of fear, you won't be able to scream or hear yourself screaming, and you will wake up on the spot.
1I don't wanna wake up though
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But how do I learn to start checking if I'm dreaming while I'm dreaming? I have an embarrasing and frustrating reoccurring theme in my dreams and I'd love to know how to stop it when it happens
0By doing the above actually. Frequently. The idea is you do that kind of thing (a “reality check”) so often in your waking life that the checks begin to transfer over to your dreams
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