Yes I do, and I can't.

I don't understand how you're supposed to ask yourself if you're dreaming and do reality checks in your dreams. My dreams are just like, a TV. I only watch them.

But. I can do something. If I am tired and close my eyes and concentrate for a little while, I think I can go into a "rem stage". I feel my heart beat wildly, and my eyes start twitching like mad. If I sit there through it, this will happen like 4-7 times each lasting like 2 minutes. But during these "REMs", all I see is blackness just as you see when your eyes are closed. No dreams.

Is there any way I can take this blackness, and make it into a dream? I have tried telling myself while REMing to "start dream now" or "turn blackness into yellow", but nothing works.

help