the BIG remembering dreams topic part V

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.

moved from quest forum to the sticky topic in stuff :moogle:

Im not a novice LD’er but i still need help with dream recall. Anyone know of any way to make it come back and work really well. Working every night?

Hi, I take B complex pills. One at about 9+am and another at 3pm. They are just B complex vitamins not the mixed ones.

IMJ

Meditate.

Meditate for what? I hope i get my DR working.

That’s the point.

I noticed after a few sessions on my energy channels/centers etc. that my dream recall was really improving.

Thanks for this, from me too! :smile: it helped :smile: thank you :smile:

Where did my post go? :confused:
here Dreams since it was going completely off topic :moogle:

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.

Well i used to start remembering at least two very detailed dreams before but all of a sudden i cant remember anyything.Can you help me?

Can you tell us about what dream-recall methods you use and how?

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First question is if it’s better to go to bed early if I wanna remember my dreams? I often go to bed around 2 a.m.
Is it easier to remember dreams when I take a nap in the middle of the day?

And maybe this is a recurring question but I have trouble with my DR. I can’t remember much of my dreams at all. There are some fragment some nights, but not often.
I’ve tried to tell myself before going to sleep that I will remember them. I’ve also tried to set the alarm for 6 or 7.5 hours after I go to sleep.
When I wake I lie still and try to remember, but I can’t.
Is there any more things I can try, or should I just try more?
How long does it take to get better DR? days, weeks, month?

I’d say days. It’s better to go to bed earlier ofcourse, and if you are going to wake up in the middle of the night I’d suggest 3-4 hours after falling asleep.

If you have a hard time sleeping earlier a nap in the day will do just about the same. You won’t be that tired at 2 AM then and you mind can relax.

A banana or two before going to bed wouldn’t hurt either :razz:

Is it easier to remember a dream if it is more vivid?

So if you do a lot of things during a day, your dream gets more vivid, and you remember it easier?!

Often you do remember vivid dreams better.

So maybe I should keep myself busy during the day so that I have much to dream about :wink: If a wanna remember easier.

The MOST vividest dream I had was last night and I did almost nothing yesterday. But, I did go to a water park the day before yesterday…Did that have anyting to do with it?

P.S. is vividest an actual word?

I believe you should write it as a “most” sentence: “The MOST vivid dream…”.

lol.

ok, i changed it.

I realized something this morning. I woke up after a long period of sleep and still remembered bits of about 6 dreams. The only parts I remembered had a strong emotion in it, of love or pride or something.

Isn’t it obvious that we more easily remember dreams that are emotionally significant in some way? Our memories are more easily tied to events that are very emotional, so wouldn’t this be true in a dream as well?

I’m not sure if this can help in any way. But I found it interesting.

I need a little advice on DR…

My sleep schedule’s taken a serious blow since school started a week and a half ago. I’ve gone from bedtime at midnight and waking at ten, to bedtime at ten and waking at six. This isn’t exactly good. I actually need to be up by six-thirty to get ready for school, but I wake myself up at six every morning so that I’ll have time to write down my dream if I remember it (sometimes it can take awhile, I’m not exactly focused after I’ve just gotten up). The problem is, sleeping from ten to six isn’t exactly good timing for dream recall. I didn’t recall anything at six for several days, which was disconcerning. This morning, however, I woke up and knew I’d just had a vivid dream–I just couldn’t remember it. I lay there, concentrating hard for at least five minutes, then I finally remembered it. It seemed as if the dream I remembered had ended a while ago, and it’s much easier to remember a whole dream if you wake up right after it.

So what exactly is the best time to get myself up to record my dreams? Six obviously isn’t working too well…I’ve heard that four-thirty is a good time because it’s a nice, even multiple of 90 minutes. In fact, reading past entries from my DJ, I’ve been realizing that many of them took place at around four or so in the morning. I’m wondering, though, how I’m going to make it so my alarm can wake me up at two different times each morning. Should I get a separate alarm, or just stick with six?