hello ShawnDB, Ix3Kelly, Deerdancer, Simba, Chromex, Fizyk and CellaRd00R 
A lot of new members are finding us through wiki now … I wonder if it ever overtake search engines as the means of finding LD4all 
did the banana do it’s magic?
I moved your other post into his topic 
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I figured if I could control my dreams, I would be living a life all day long while having fun. Darned old hag scares me though and sometimes delays my LD practices.
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You are more likely to come across SP etc if you practice WILD. If you practice MILD, WBTB and RCs … you will have as little chance of coming across this old hag experience as a normal dreamer. Also once you know what SP is it takes away any fear and you just know you are getting real close to a LD when you experience it 
it varies from person to person - I advise you to read the choosing your technique topic https://community.ld4all.com/t/how-to-choose-your-technique/21714
you will know when it happens 
it will vary from person to person, but doing it with WBTB or directly after waking up after a dream should reduce the time it takes.
When you stop recording dreams, recall will suffer. It could even happen that you have a LD but can’t remember it … which would be a waste of time 
Congrats!!!
I hope you post it in our sticky “My First LD Collection” in the dream diary forum 
/me waves to CellaRd00R
wow so many new people 