ItrepidXplorer: I'm sure the FA's will come! But i reckon they will get frustrating! lol. Sometimes there not too bad and seem quite crazy but still... annoying!

You may want to increase your expectation that RC will succeed before you do RCs because RC failure is often due to expectations of how it works in waking life leading to same result while dreaming, so if you adjust expectations to expect RC to show that you are dreaming then it is less likely to fail in dream. Best!
My expectations definitely need to change then! Its quite a weird concept to get used to when you don't normally question it! I will give this a try.

You have to put a lot of focus on it when you do reality check this will bring more awareness to dream otherwise you just stay stupid mode in dream even if you realize your dreaming you dont understand it. Thats where the username came from this used to be very common problem for me.
I had seen other posts and was curious of where the name came from! I like that though. 'stupid mode'... pure brilliance! lol