I’m not sure if this is abnormal/ an odd question, but my past few lucid dreams have been frequent, but nearly impossible to control. I’m not sure why. On top of that, I’ve been having trouble with reality checks.
last night, I had another LD where I already knew I was dreaming (I often go through my day repeating “this is all a dream” and it easily filters into my sleep, so I haven’t actually done reality checks in a while). But my dream felt different. I looked down at my hands and there was great detail sketched into them—they looked incredibly normal. but when I tried to push a finger through it, nothing happened. It was like real life. Unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to try any other reality checks to see if there was the same effect.
Has anyone else experienced this? Can it be fixed? Could it have failed because I’ve been wondering recently if RC’s could actually fail in dreams? Or do I simply need to continue doing reality checks alongside the ADA technique I use?
Finger through palm should be used more as a 'convincer' reality test for those times in a lucid dream when you need definitive proof that you are dreaming. If your finger is through your palm, I think it's safe to say you are not in the waking world lol. This reality test might become more reliable once you are more experienced and have actually done it successfully in a dream. You will know what to expect when you do it and what it actually "feels" like for your finger to go through your palm. The reason the nose pinch and digital time tests work so well is bc they rely on actual known limitations of the dream world (as opposed to somehow expecting your finger to pop right through your palm, which is really hard to imagine actually happening or how that would even look/feel lol).