[rufus_foreman]

The technique a few people mentioned of looking at words or writing and then looking away and looking back is pretty effective for me. You would have to have some reason to suspect you were dreaming first.

I can do it, I first figured it out when I was 6 or 7, but why? Might be better to just get some sleep.

[lucas_membrane]

Just a few nights I had such happen during a dream in which I was playing cards with three or for opponents. I was counting the cards played, and I realized that I had played a card that I had not been dealt. Refusing to believe that I was cheating, I deduced that I were dreaming and awoke at once. But I cannot explain the stack of chips that I found on my night table.

[rufus_foreman]

Had similar things happen but usually when I was drinking, not dreaming.