I was wondering if this reality check would work. It is easy and quick-
would checking your pulse work?
thanks,
Josh
that sounds original
if it works, is it reliable?
You can try it. Tell yourself that every time you wake up after a dream you will do your usual RC. Mine is squeezing my nose and trying to breath. It has helped me in few last FA-s. So instead of squeezing your nose, you can have habit checking your pulse IRL, and also after every awakening during night. If you have some success with it (for example detecting your FA-s), please tell.
If you want me to tell you, you might have to wait a while lol. I am still trying to ld and i have never sustained a lucid dream except for twice and i didnt keep control and 3 times when i woke up instantly.
I hate doing the grab your nose one 'cause it always makes me sneeze. lol.
This may work. It’d probably all come down to how much you expected it to work
I’ll try and remember to try it next LD.
Interesting idea! I might try it out 
Though I agree with Sureal: if your expectations are too strong about feeling a pulse whenever you feel for it, then it might not work. The perfect RC must be one which balances perfectly on the narrow boundary between having too strong and too weak expectations about a given situation. Nonetheless, it might work
I sometimes have trouble finding my own pulse IRL so I’m not to sure it would work that well for me 
But if you expect it to work it should 
A good reality check is to attempt to put a finger through the palm of your hand.
Hold your right hand out in front of you and take your left pointer finger and try to push it through the palm of your right hand. If it passes through, you are dreaming!
This is just my opinion but, I think it is more important to practice questioning your reality than worrying about a specific reality check. I do different reality checks all the time. I take the time to seriously question weather or not I am dreaming then, try and prove it. In short I rely more on RT ‘ing than RC ‘s. But, that is just what I found to be most helpful.
IMO, essentially there is no difference between an RC and an RT. Since whatever you do in a lucid dream to check is what you do in real life. when i say rc i mean rt and vice versa
Typically what i do to check in real life is:
Look at my hands and check that they’re right
Read somthing and then double check on two or three different things
and somtimes but i usually forget, look at the clock or turn on a light
and from now on the palm trick.
I hate the nose pinching
There is a similar experiment in the lab. It’s rather old, so if someone learns something to add to the experiment, please reply to this thread:
“Measure your heartbeat”
why you gotta be using my name?
jk…but good thinking though.
I remember one ND i could feel the beat of my heart…
when i signed up i was suprised “josh” wasnt taken.
Josh=j05h hmmm intresting, lol