Last night I dreamt that all of my electronics got infected with some virus and I lost everything. I panicked in the dream, but then I remembered that this has only ever happened in my dreams. Luckily, I've developed this habit of counting my fingers while I'm awake so that I can do it in my dreams, and I'll tell you, it works reliably. The thing is, when you dream, you'll notice that you don't always have the same number of fingers on your hand as you do in reality. That's why it's good to make a habit of counting your fingers when you're awake. So upon realizing that I may just be in a dream, I looked down at my hand and behold, 8 fingers. My panic went away and my dream self went to go do something else. Unfortunately, I'm not that good at controlling my dreams, so soon after that event, I completely forgot I was dreaming again. However, the rest of the dream was fairly normal. If anyone here is a skillful lucid dreamer, please give me tips! Everytime I try to summon my favorite characters in my dream I cannot. I haven't learned that skill yet.