A community archive of reality checks! Sort of...

[FuzzyQuills]

Hello! I wanted to share a reality check I accidentally triggered a few days ago while attempting AP, and I would also be interested in what sort of checks you guys do to tell if you're in the dream world or not.

So here goes! firstly, I will tell of how I got the superhuman ability that is proving an effective reality check:

A few years ago, in a dream, I entered the public toilets (1. don't ask and 2. WHY IS IT ALWAYS TOILETS?! ) and stood in there for a brief second when suddenly, a strange gas clouded the area! everyone was running, I didn't know what to do, then... I got a strange feeling and instinctively pointed my finger at the wall. To my surprise, my finger froze up, and a LASER shot out of it! I was able to clean up the gas using this new ability, then I woke up... Since having that dream, I have a bad habit of pointing my finger at random things, expecting a laser to materialize...

So you can probably guess what the reality check is: when I fell asleep while attempting AP, in the dream that followed, I was siting in a circle, at school, in the library, with a bunch of other people, when the thought "wait, am I dreaming?" crossed my mind. I then instinctively rose my finger again and activated my finger-laser... sure enough, a beam shot out and burnt a hole in the cupboard I pointed at. Upon waking up I was like "finally! a use for that ability"

So, with this one out of the way, I'm curious of how you test if you're in a dream or not, so feel free to share your reality checks here!