Hello,

Welcome to the forum Moodrops! :aphiusisonecrazySOB:

You seem to have done your research on this board! I proudly give you your first orange! I'm sure you'll have a banana in no time!

Also to do reality checks in your sleep, I think that it just takes a lot of time.
Do you keep a dream journal? If you do you should look for dreamsigns, those would help you.

If not, Start.