Suggested Lucid Dream Reality Checks

Here are some tests to help you prove whether you are experiencing a dream or reality (feel free to add your own):

• Look at your hands. In a dream your hands may have too many or too few fingers or may look strange.
• Test gravity. Throw an object in the air and catch it again. In a dream the object may move slowly, hover for a while or do other unusual things.
• Read some text from a book, poster, road sign, anything else. Remember the text and look away. Now look back and read the text again. In a dream the text will not remain consistent.
• Think about the sequence of events that led you here. In a dream there will be gaps and inconsistencies.
• Hold your hand over your nostrils and mouth for a moment. In a dream you will still be able to breath.
• Switch the lights off and on a few times. In a dream the lights may not react to the switch as you would expect.
• Without effort, try to push your finger through the palm of your hand, or an object. In a dream it may pass though unhindered.
• Look at the hands on an analogue clock. In a dream they will move in unexpected ways.
• Look at yourself in a mirror for a few moments. In a dream your image may not appear as expected or may not mirror your movements.

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