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*'''Notes to self''' - An excellent way to remind oneself to perform reality checks is to put notes containing messages such as "are you dreaming?" or "perform a reality check" in places which one frequently looks at throughout the day. For example, putting a visible note by a frequently used computer screen, writing a message on one's hand or changing one's desktop wallpaper to the image found on the right will greatly improve general lucidity.

*'''Phone/watch alarm'''* - By setting an your phone or watch to go off at regular times a day as a reminder to reality check you can greatly increase the chance that you will imagine the alarm going off in a dream and remember to reality check. Phones are good for this as you can sometimes get the alarm to show a message on the screen such as the ones seen in '''"Notes to self"'''. Either words from the phone alarm, or the numbers on a digital watch can both be useful for the method seen in '''"Double taking / rereading text and clocks"''' which makes this a very powerful method in combination.

===Surreal feelings===

*'''Déjà vu''' - The surreal feeling that this has happened before without being able to ascribe the exact circumstances to the imagined previous experiences is a common experience in dreams and if the sensation occurs at any point it is a very good time to reality check as this can also occur while awake.

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 *'''Notes to self''' - An excellent way to remind oneself to perform reality checks is to put notes containing messages such as "are you dreaming?" or "perform a reality check" in places which one frequently looks at throughout the day. For example, putting a visible note by a frequently used computer screen, writing a message on one's hand or changing one's desktop wallpaper to the image found on the right will greatly improve general lucidity.
 *'''Phone/watch alarm'''* - By setting an your phone or watch to go off at regular times a day as a reminder to reality check you can greatly increase the chance that you will imagine the alarm going off in a dream and remember to reality check. Phones are good for this as you can sometimes get the alarm to show a message on the screen such as the ones seen in '''"Notes to self"'''. Either words from the phone alarm, or the numbers on a digital watch can both be useful for the method seen in '''"Double taking / rereading text and clocks"''' which makes this a very powerful method in combination.
+===Surreal feelings===
+*'''Déjà vu''' - The surreal feeling that this has happened before without being able to ascribe the exact circumstances to the imagined previous experiences is a common experience in dreams and if the sensation occurs at any point it is a very good time to reality check as this can also occur while awake.
 ==Checks==