Lying RC's

Quest for Lucidity
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My first in dream reality check. I’ve been looking into Lucid dreaming for about 2 nights now. Last night included. During my waking hours I’ve been doing a lot of reality checks. All but the one, where you ask someone if it’s a dream.

In my dreams, normally my best friend is there. (Also a girl I really like, She likes me too, but she has a boyfriend and is trying to make it work with him because she’s afraid of giving up on him, lots of drama there, blah blah blah) ANYWAY! I normally have her in my dreams with me, so it was kinda stupid not to start doing reality checks any time I’m around her in real life. (We do a hell of a lot together.)

In last night’s dream I stopped and asked her if it was a dream. She said it wasn’t. I remember thinking about how it wasn’t a denying “no” or anything like that. It was just a simple “no.” So I believed her.

//laughs\
So that reality check worked really well in a…non working…way. ^__^;;

Anyone else have problems like that? Where you do an RC and believe it’s not a dream when it really is?

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yeah, happens to the best of us. and is incredibly annoying.

infact, the first time my RC’s passed, i conviced myself that iw asn’t dreaming and lost lucidity…

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Actually, I don’t think that qualifies as an RC. You should never expect your DCs to tell you the truth. If I were you, I’d use a more reliable RC. Try reading text and looking back, counting your fingers, plugging your nose and trying to breathe etc. Anything is better than asking a DC. DCs are just stupid. :grrr:

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I wouldn’t really say I was lucid though. It was just something I said to her. Just a random question I asked. I didn’t even think about doing anything else.

/¯\_(ツ)_/¯\

And yeah, normally I wouldn’t trust a DC. Normally I’d expect them to say know.

The main thing is, RC’s are becoming something I do in dreams now. Which I guess is a good thing, right?

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Yes. Yes it is.