Reoccurring dream, sliding smoothly down stairs, questioning if I’m in a dream.

For over a decade or more, whenever I encounter stairs in my dreams, I slide down them like in this gif. My feet angled down and I just smoothly go down them like I was on skis almost.

The thing is that I immediately question if I can do this in real life. I look around and try to determine if I’m in a dream. I usually just think, “yeah, this is real life and of course this is how I go down stairs.” Last night, I wanted to wake up so desperately knowing that this should be a dream and I just couldn’t.

I’d love any insight into these kinds of tells in dreams, like things we’ll dream often that remind us that we’re dreaming but denying it at the same time.