Reality checks are just a technique used to attained a DILD, just like MILD is.
Hypnagogic hallucinations are not felt by everyone or with the same intensity, and are different from what you'd portrait as a "psychotic episode". WILD is much more like falling asleep than what people make it seem.
2 Lucid dreams in 5 months is a clear indication you're missing a key ingredient there. Give us as much information as you can and be honest, if you're doing 1 reality check or writing a word in your DJ 2 or 3 times a week you won't be able to attain very good results in lucid dreaming. The good news is that it's perfectly possible to attain a high lucid dreaming frequency with any of the techniques you described above

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