Well, I started trying to lucid dream about a year ago. I've been diagnosed with insomnia so sleeping is very sporadic for me. I don't know if insomnia has much to do with what i'm going to share in my experiences but I think it does. Anyways... before I was diagnosed with insomnia I use to take naps after school. My ears would have a very loud ring in them and my body would become hard to move. When this first happened to me I was very scared as I would try very hard to move and wake up. I would then try to go back to sleep without that happening and it would happen a few more times after that. After being a little confused on wth was going on I looked it up and read that it was most likely my body entering sleep paralysis. I then did some more research and became interested in attaining lucidity.

ENTERING SP - In my experience trying to have a LD, I never had to try and enter SP, it happened quite often, even when I don't want/expect it to. My ears ring very loud and I see a lot of colors and sometimes other visuals such as clouds.

DURING SP - Once I enter sleep paralysis, I would slowly count in my head. This works to prevent myself from falling asleep. I have no problem entering SP and sustaining consciousness but my trouble is transitioning into a dream.

TRANSITION TO LD - While i'm in SP I need some way to transition into a dream. If I stay in SP too long, I normally wake up. I've read other forums and people said trying "rolling over". I'm not sure if they mean to literally trying rolling over but I tried it anyways.

LD - Well once I tried the rolling over method, it worked. I don't know if i was lucky or performed it correctly but it got me into a false awakening a few times. During these false awakening everything seems to be normal so I did a RC by holding me nose and breathing trying to breathe through it and of course I could. Another problem I have is staying asleep. I think its because I get really excited and even scared sometimes. Sometimes I rush to get up and try and do things I wouldn't normally be able to do.

Well if you read all that thanks and basically what I want to know is:

1. Do my experiences sound normal, like obtaining SP without trying. Is that actually SP?

2. Is "rolling over" mean to actually try and rollover? And what other methods are there to transition to a LD from SP.

3. Last is, staying asleep in a LD once I attain it. I believe I know the answer already such as, staying clam, not moving much in the beginning, feeling the texture of things and just taking it slow step by step instead of rushing. Any other advice is welcomed too.

Thanks for your time guys, I hope I don't get flamed for some reason lol, like telling me to search for answers to my questions. I mainly wanted to share my experience and get a little advice.