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We have all heard of it. If you think you are in a dream, you just push one of your hands through your other one. If you hand goes through the other one, congrats, you are in a dream! Except reality checks do not always work. I am sure some of the more experienced members already know this, but I, for one, would have wanted to find out about it earlier. Here is what happened: I woke up in a bed that was not mine, in a house that certainly was not mine. I decided to do the reality check mentioned earlier. Not only was I able to see my hands very cleary, which is something that many people say does not happen in dreams, but I was also unable to push my arm through my hand. It seemed as though whatever part of my brain was constructing the dream had a firm grasp of real physics. I ended up going back to sleep, which ended that dream. I hope this servers as a heads up for others. Not all reality checks might work. In fact, none of them may, if your brain understands the difference between what is and is not possible in the real world. I am still trying to find a way to get around this problem.