The trick is not to try and control the dream too strongly. The random and uncontrolled stuff is your brain’s white noise being interpreted. By stabilising it, you are waking yourself up. Instead, be gentle. Accept the dream for what it is, at least initially. With practice, you’ll learn to recognise when a change is about to happen, and inject your preferred interpretation/solution.
As for my dream check, it’s silent. Externally, it’s just me putting my hand in my back pocket for a second or so. A spoken method would work, but would really confuse people around you.
The trick is not to try and control the dream too strongly. The random and uncontrolled stuff is your brain’s white noise being interpreted. By stabilising it, you are waking yourself up. Instead, be gentle. Accept the dream for what it is, at least initially. With practice, you’ll learn to recognise when a change is about to happen, and inject your preferred interpretation/solution.
As for my dream check, it’s silent. Externally, it’s just me putting my hand in my back pocket for a second or so. A spoken method would work, but would really confuse people around you.