Welcome ot DV MUFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reality checks didn't help me that much, but everyone is different. What REALLY helped me was keeping a dream journal. It helped with dream recall as well as frequency of LDs. Also, if I don't get enough sleep, I'll have trouble. So then I'll make up for it by sleeping late or taking a nap, and end up having the most intense and vivid LDs ever.

So there's my 2 bits.