2. Poor recall would be merely coincidence.
3. HH takes care of itself. Just sit back and keep yourself awake and vaguely aware while it sorts itself out.
4. Unless you tried to move and were unable to, you literally will not be able to know if you were in SP or not. The HH, the hallucinations that accompany SP, also occur all on their own, so this is not a determining factor really.
Since you don't like tutorials, try these instead:
1. 2. (Also, as far as tutorials, the MILD one on here is awful so if you have a copy of EWOLD, go by that one.) There's no such thing as an 'easy' technique, as this depends mainly on the sleep schedule, natural talents, luck, dedication, beliefs, and warranted and unwarranted fears of the dreamer, along with other things. In trying to choose a technique you shouldn't just ask randomly what is 'best' for you, but instead make a list of every single technique and determine why or why not you think it would be worthy of your time and attempts. What makes it, above other techniques, suited to your personal qualities and thus has a higher chance of success.
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