Before I knew what was actually happening, I would be exactly where I fell asleep and I would think I was awake. When I realized I was asleep, I started freaking out and tried to wake myself up because I thought something bad was happening. But yeah, that's what I did in the end. I just realized that when my hand was moving in my dream it wasn't really moving, and I willed myself to move it.

I guess the whole point of my post was to find out how people woke themselves up from ld's, but I guess no one really chooses that and it just kinda happens. lol.