[robot_no_421]

Another way to tell is to try to read things or look at a clock/numbers in your dream. Often time the information will not make sense, and will change if you look away and back.

I've done this myself once or twice in a dream and I actually was able to tell I was dreaming but the shock of my realization woke me up.

[PoignardAzur]

> Often time the information will not make sense, and will change if you look away and back.

Yeah, I've done that a few times and it's been reliable for me.

One time I remember, I was absolutely sure I was awake, so I did the "reading text" test, I read something, looked at something else, then read the thing again, they went "Wait, those aren't the same words. Ah, crap."

[UncleOxidant]

I've had dreams where I found myself traveling and was presented with maps (in one my car had a HUD where I saw the map on the windshield as I was driving) that seemed to be quite accurate when I recalled them after waking. Even freeway signs with names of towns, roads and freeway numbers that matched reality.

[BulgarianIdiot]

Unlike most I can see things in great detail, including text in my dreams. Consistency in time is absolute mess, for sure, but then again, I don't find this odd to begin with. In fact I kind of expect this. As in I realize I'm dreaming, and yet I don't.