well i jus finished the forth night of my quest to have very good dream recall.
i noticed quite a big improvement, because i can remember amall sceens from my dream, and previously i could remember nothing,. im not sure if these dreams where mixed with reality because they were very similar to what i had done that night which was go spray painting.
In my dream i faintly remember goin on a paintin mission with my buddys Ian(who i really did go paintin with) and Max(who really went home and didnt go paintin). we went to the same area to paint that i really went to which was by danforth and victoria park, we hit up some walls here altho i dont remember accually spray painting anything, its so faint in my mind. At the end of our mission in real life we were goin to go buy some more weed, but ian decided he was to tired and went home to sleep, but in my dream we did buy weed, and ian said “yo max whats the number again”(this is the first time I really remember someone talking in a dream), then the i think i woke up(tho im not to sure)
this still doesnt really feel like a dream to me because nothing out of the ordinary happend(that i can remember) and it was so close to what i accualy had done that night
anyways, i feel like ive made some big steps towards my goals, and hopefully ill make a few more tonight!
PeAcE
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ok it seems like i am not the only one having troble remembering my dreams. It seems as if i can only remember like one setting from my dreams, like where i am. The other night i had 3 dreams but in each one i could only remember one thing. If anyone has some good help ful tips i would love to hear about them and then try them out
Peace Outside
maybe they where 3 different parts of one dream??
You will be better with time, it’s like riding a bicycle.
Once you learn how to do you will never forget it.
It’s been said before, lie still in bed after you wake up and probe around your mind for any lost memories of dreams. If you remember a small fragment of a dream, figure out what happened before and after that scene, and then keep recovering as much as you can. And yeah, if you keep going with lots of determination (don’t skip days!) you’ll get better quickly. If you don’t remember anything for like 5 minutes either keep going for a while more or get up. Oh sometimes you might remember dreams if you encounter something in real life that corresponded to the dream (for example one day I went to my bike, then suddenly remembered dreaming about the tire being flat. Sure enough, it was flat, but I didn’t rip out the tube and gut it like in the dream…)
anyways good luck.
well this was the 5th night of my “dream experement”(lol)
and i had NO recolection of any dreamssigh
In the past when ive had dreams, it has always felt like im accually living them, i never had to serch my mind for lost memories, like id wake up and instantly go “damn! that dream was awsome!”
Will i be able to do this again in time?? or will my dreams jus seem like memorys??
I have had a quite a few dreams too where it’s felt like I was remembering the dream at the same time as I’m dreaming it or something. It’s a bit hard to explain. But I like those dreams.
ya! those are the dreams im talkin about!
so are u sayin theres no way to have those kinda dreams everynight?
Don’t really know. My dreams have been different the last month. They are much shorter than usual but they feel a lot more real. But I guess(hope) that they get even more real any easyer to remember the more I practice. But I think that the more real they get the more it feels like you remember them at the same time you have them.
The problem I have with the “lie still and try to remember you dream” method is that I usually fall back asleep. What I really hate is when I blink my eyes when it’s night and open them when I open them it’s light out, and it feels like no time past. I had one of those last night. All day long I’ve been trying to remember and the best I’ve been able to get is the word “cabin”. It seems importent, but I have no idea what it means.
I hope you start remembering too.
i hate tryin to peice together my dreams, i wanna have the sames dreams i usually have, except everynight… its probably not possible, too good to be true
well ive been tryin to remember dreams for a full week now, and have rememberd next to nothing… im startin to get frustrated… but i will continue to try
I think you’re trying to hard. If you try and force yourself to remember a dream, you will end up trying to think up a dream - which doesn’t work.
My dream recal improved in a matter of days, so I’ll tell you what I did.
At night, I’d repeat the usual, ‘i will remember my dream’ till i fell asleep.
When you wake up, just let the dreams come back to you. Don’t try and force them. Just wait a minute. After that, get out of bed and write down everything you remember (if anything).
Then proceed with the day as normal. When you let your mind wander (say, when eating breakfast or in French class…), you might find dreams will come back to you for no apparent reason. Jot this down as soon as you can. If you have no where to write them, keep on refreshing what happened in the dream in your mind.
That was just my way though, and it may not work with you so well…
cool, ill keep that in mind,
i was thinkin maybe im to tired when i go to sleep, there for falling into a very heavy sleep making it harder to remember my dreams, i dunno tho thats jus my theory
be back tommorow to let ya’ll know how tonight goes
well last night the only thing i remember from my dream was goin out with my buddys frogger and danny and takin pictures of all the spray painting we had acually done the night before… kinda crazy?
but i dont remember any details or anything like that, jus the idea of goin out and takin pictures
Well that is some progress. Just hang in there and keep practicing. You are starting to remember some fragments of your dreams.
When you wake up try not to move and remember what you just dreamed about(I know this has already been said) If you still cant remember anything then move on to what your thoughts and feelings were just before you woke up. That might help trigger your memory.
How long do you sleep at night? As a general rule the longer you sleep you get more frequent and longer dreams. It might help to sleep an hour or 2 longer than you normally do.
Do you currently take any kind of medication or drugs? Manny medications can wreak havoc on your dreams. For example: as a general rule, alcohol is not good for dreaming because it suppresses REM(when most dreaming occurs) sleep.
Hang in there and keep practicing and you will see improvement.
i dont take any drugs or medication except for smokin weed and drinkin beer(altho its been a few weeks now since ive gotten smashed 
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lack of sleep could deffinatly be an issue, the earlyest i ever go to bed ever is about 2:00 in the mourning, ill try and work on that
thanks for the help man, i’ll let you know how tonight goes 
Yes, if you are not getting enough sleep you may not have very long dreams. Your dreams get longer the longer you sleep. There are no absolute rules for this(every one is different) but in general your first dream may only be 5-10 min but after 8 or 9 hours of sleep you could have dreams that last up to 45 min to an hour.
Check the big remembering your dreams topic for even more advice.
good luck and happy dreaming.