I woke up twice this morning after 2 REM periods of sleep. I remembered 2 dreams, perfectly from start to finish. t’was awesome, sunny jims.
oxicle, perhaps try waking yourself up after your REM period(s) with an alarm or something - you’ll then just need to work out an estimate of the time you’ll need to wake up.
yeah i used to alwyas WBTB or… not always but since i started wanting to LD, but then i started working and they gave me crappy ass hours, so now ive just got more sleep. i have a few days off, ill try to get up on my game again
XD I do the -move your eyes from side to side- ‘technique’ to remember any vague details needed to write or jot down my dreams…~ ^^ Works like a charm!
here is what i do for my wbtb. I use this computer software alarm clock. ornj.net/citrus/ . I set it to start at like 4 am. You can set it to start an audio track at a specified time. You can set up a bunch of different alarms i have like 8 set, that i use on different days. Anyway, I set it to play a lucid hypnosis mp3 at 4 am. I haven’t had lucid yet but i’ve only been trying for about 5 days. So im not to worried.
Well anyway people with alarm problems should check out the software, it is free and you can set it to play mp3s, and you can set as many alarms as you want.
Lately, i haven’t been able to remember very many of my dreams, and when i do they’re very small fragments, or just disappear a few minutes after i wake up. I’m not sure what’s making this happen.
Can anybody tell me what’s going on, or how to start remembering them again?
You could be going through what is sometimes called a dryspell where you cant remember any or very little of your dreams. It can be caused by stress so maybe you could try and be totally relaxed before you go to sleep. when you first wake up it could also be good to write doen anything you remember in a DJ, if you dont already. Also when you just wake up dont open your eyes straight away but try to remember everything you can about your dreams. I dont know much about it myself but it does happen to me and I find it passes eventually. I hope Ive been some help
In my opinion the best thing to do is get a specific journal and pen that you will write your dreams in and place it close to your bed. Every time you wake up regardless of the time stay still and do nothing except concentrate on your dreams that you can remember. Then once you have remembered as much as you can, write it down even if it’s only impressions or images, more will come. every day you will improve at what you remember.
Another technique is to get a glass of water and put it next to your bed. Then when you get in bed you drink half the cup while telling yourself, “When I drink the rest of this water, I will remember my dreams.” The next morning first focus on your dreams, then drink the rest of the water, and then write.
NOTE: In my opinion it is imperative that you keep the journal close to your bed because for me movement destroys my recall.
Where did my post go? here Dreams since it was going completely off topic
Anyway, I truely love dreaming and want to remember as much as possible. I can’t wait for the vacation to get around, then I’ll have plenty oppertunity to remember my dreams.