I've been concentrating on reality checks recently, and need a few assurances that this is the correct way to do them.
Usually, I sit down on my bed (if I'm in my room, otherwise I'll sit down wherever else I am), keeping my eyes open most of the time, I in a sense "zoom into" my environment, and become aware of it, aware of the fact that I can interact with any of it at any time; I look around and try to look at and notice little things that I don't normally pay attention to; once I'm more aware of my surroundings, I ask myself a few questions: "Who am I? When was I born? What's the date? What time is it?" After this, I begin to cycle through my senses, concentrating my awareness on each of them; first sight (checking to see if anything looks odd or out of place), then sound (checking for any strange sounds), then smell, then taste, and then touch. I try to keep an awareness of my body after that, and do a couple more cycles of the senses.
After this, once I feel I'm nearing about 10 minutes into the check, I do a couple of standard reality checks; finger-through-palm, breathe through nose, and checking the clock on my phone to see if it distorts, each time asking myself "Am I dreaming?" Once I'm satisfied that about ten minutes have passed, I've finished the reality check.
I also occasionally randomly do the little standard reality checks throughout the day; I haven't kept to a schedule of doing them over the past couple of days and have faltered a little, but I think I should get back into the rhythm of it tonight.
Thanks!
- Liolar
Usually, I sit down on my bed (if I'm in my room, otherwise I'll sit down wherever else I am), keeping my eyes open most of the time, I in a sense "zoom into" my environment, and become aware of it, aware of the fact that I can interact with any of it at any time; I look around and try to look at and notice little things that I don't normally pay attention to; once I'm more aware of my surroundings, I ask myself a few questions: "Who am I? When was I born? What's the date? What time is it?" After this, I begin to cycle through my senses, concentrating my awareness on each of them; first sight (checking to see if anything looks odd or out of place), then sound (checking for any strange sounds), then smell, then taste, and then touch. I try to keep an awareness of my body after that, and do a couple more cycles of the senses.
After this, once I feel I'm nearing about 10 minutes into the check, I do a couple of standard reality checks; finger-through-palm, breathe through nose, and checking the clock on my phone to see if it distorts, each time asking myself "Am I dreaming?" Once I'm satisfied that about ten minutes have passed, I've finished the reality check.
I also occasionally randomly do the little standard reality checks throughout the day; I haven't kept to a schedule of doing them over the past couple of days and have faltered a little, but I think I should get back into the rhythm of it tonight.
Thanks!
- Liolar
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