I will keep that in mind about making notes for certain dreamsigns.

And that is good that you have developed enough awareness to notice if a negative dream is potentially on the rise. Being able to rid yourself of bad dreams and/or nightmares seems great.

Yes, for sure. If I can get to a point to remember to do reality checks in my dreams more often that will be great. I'm hoping my intention to do so and progressive memory training will aid in this.

And yes, that is what happened at the end of the third LD I had. Continuing the third LD written above, once I looked at my hands for ten seconds or so I felt that the dream wasn't stabilized enough. I erroneously commenced with the spinning (in retrospect I wish I had rubbed my hands or the ground or something) and everything went black and I never recovered from it. I eventually started feeling my body in my bed and awoke from there.

As far as the non-LDs, it has been similar, except the vision is completely white instead of black as the dream fades. For example, one dream I had there was a tornado very close by. I scrambled into my car but struggled because the weight of the rain was pushing me onto the ground. While in my car the dream faded and everything in my vision turned white with some flickering shapes here and there. As soon as the whiteness took over my vision, I became aware I was/had been dreaming. I wasn't able to return to the dream state, though, I stayed motionless in bed for awhile. I am hoping that dream blindness or whatever it is will not become a struggle or hurdle. I've noticed it but I don't know if it's an issue yet.

I am curious, Sunfire, how often do you achieve LDs at this point? If this is not the right place to ask, just let me know.