So how do you know if you are dreaming? Do a reality check! Just as you do a reality check in your waking life when you are doing the exercises of saying to yourself that you are dreaming whenever you see a dreamsign, do the same kind of reality check in your dream. Sometimes you wake up in your dream, but you're not sure if it is a dream or not, especially if nothing out of the ordinary is happening right in that moment. Here are some reality checks you can try if you are wondering if you are dreaming.

1. Try to turn on a TV or a computer, or operate a piece of equipment. It usually does not work correctly in a dream.


2. Try to read something. It is almost impossible to read words in a dream, they don't stay in focus for some reason.


3. Look at the time, clocks are quite unpredictable and unreadable.


4. Hold your nose, if you can still breathe, you are dreaming.


5. Look at your hands. Hands are strange in dreams.


6. Try to walk through a wall or levitate. If you are able to pass through a wall or float, you are dreaming.


7. Try to turn on a light or turn off a light. Lights often don't work, or the lighting acts strangely if it is on.


8. Try to put your finger through a mirror or step through the mirror.


9. Pinch yourself. Does it hurt? Do you feel it?