People, who are going through psychotic disorders, often wake up in the morning with feelings that maybe their dreams are real.
Well, I'm going to give you five tips to help you evaluate for yourself whether your dream is for real or is it just a dream.
1) Do you feel the pinch? When you wake up in the morning or in the middle of the night, you can do the old trick of pinching yourself.
If you would feel it, then it is probably just a dream.
2) Examine your surroundings If you wake up and with a doubt, try to look around and see if you recognize your surroundings.
If you do, then it was probably just another dream.
3) Listen to yourself If you wake up in the middle of the night or in the morning, and you are not sure if it was a dream or not, just say a word, any word.
If you hear yourself then it was only a dream and you can calm down.
4) Look around Are you ling on your bed? Look around and see if you are familiar with your bed.
Do you remember going to bed last night? If you do, then don't worry, it was just a dream.
5) Are you conscious? If you are aware of with what is going on around you, then you probably have wakened up from a dream.
Try to think a rational thought in order to eliminate the fact that it isn't real and whether it is a dream or not.