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'''Reality checks''' are the act of consciously checking your environment for signs that you are dreaming. The intention of this exercise is to do it enough that the action becomes automatic, thereby causing the oneironaut to reality check in a dream. A reality check often takes the form of a simple action that is likely to result in a different outcome depending on whether or not you are in a dream, by preforming this task at regular intervals or when [[Dream signs]] occur you can train your mind to better recognize the dream state. A reality check can result in a [[DILD]] when done successfully, as the oneironaut realizes they are dreaming and sustains that awareness through [[Stabilizing techniques]].

In order to gain the best results possible, these reality checks should be performed habitually every time the situation changes and on a daily basis. For example, every time one walks through a door or enters a new environment a reality check should be performed, every time one talks to a new person or simply remembers that they they may well be dreaming a reality check should be performed. If this is done 10 - 30 times a day the habit will quickly spill over into one's own dreams.

[[File:Cg0ww.jpg|350px|thumb|right|changing one's desktop wallpaper to an image  like this as a reminder to perform [[Lucid_Dreaming#Reality_checks|reality checks]] will greatly improve one's own sense of general lucidity.]]