i never have anything around to read when i get an opportunity to become lucid. the only thing that ever worked for me was to tap my thumb to each of my fingers and think 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1, and then that always makes me aware of my surroundings. the problem is like 90% of the time it freaks me out and i wake up immediately, or i start fading in and out of consciousness in this mess of anything barely comprehensible. the 10% of the time it works it's because i've found myself in a familiar place but it's wrong, like i'm in my room but the walls are the wrong lengths.
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