So i have been working on dream recall and reality checks(not as much as i should) for a bout two months now. This was my third wbtb method ive tried and i think it might've worked but im not sure. So towards the end of my dream i thought hey this must be a dream its to crazy not to be. i stopped did a reality check by looking at my hands and counting fingers. my hands were oddly shaped and several fingers were missing. I thought yes i am dreaming and thought don't get excited so i can stay in. But it was weird it seemed as though i was frozen staring at my hands rapidly getting more excited and the dream slowly turned a bright white except my hands, it then turned black and i realized i was awake just my eyelids were closed. So was i lucid? if so why did i freeze up? also ive noticed during wbtb i have a hard time falling back asleep, is that normal?