Ah thanks I found at last night that my long REM periods come after around 7 hours of sleep. I also managed to fall asleep alot faster with the fan . I recalled 2 dreams very vividly and even nearly succeeded in DEILDing after being woken up by a timer . I kept completely still and didnt open my eyes and after around 15 seconds or so my eyelids started becoming really bright and I opened them because i thought it was someone opening the blinds Also ironically, i told my friend in my dream that he was dreaming because he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Really frustrating as reality checks are pretty much a habit for me now but theyre just not being transferred over to my dreams :S