sasha
03-22-2006, 05:14 PM
I didn't realize, until I came here, that I have an usual level of recall, usually 4-6 dreams each night. I have written down my dreams for about 3 years now, so I have lots of practice, though probably not nearly as much as some folk here. But, for a while, if I didn't immediately remember the details of a dream upon awakenign then I almost never recalled it later. Occasionally something I'd see or experience within the first hour or two of waking up would spark a memory of dream. But now I can somehow work back into dreams that I don't initially recall, usually adding another dream or two to my recall each day. I don't really know how I do it or even how to describe it. Perhaps others here who know what I mean can help us out. If so, that might help others to do it and to increase their recall.
So for newer folks having trouble recalling dreams...
1. After solidifying your memory of any dreams you do immediately recall, look around the room and at different parts of your body to see if that triggers memories of additional dreams. Then keep looking around everywhere else you go for the next hour or so.
2. (my best attempt at describing what I meant at the end of the first paragraph) I "scan" through my consciousness and often find a little nugget of something. They don't usually even consist of a single image. They usually consist of just a feeling or a hunch about a forgotten dream. I then latch onto it, like the last bit of the tail of a worm digging its way into the soil where it'll disappear forever. I then somehow reel it in and pull up a full dream. But don't force it or try to guess about the images. That just drives it away. I wish I could explain it better.
So for newer folks having trouble recalling dreams...
1. After solidifying your memory of any dreams you do immediately recall, look around the room and at different parts of your body to see if that triggers memories of additional dreams. Then keep looking around everywhere else you go for the next hour or so.
2. (my best attempt at describing what I meant at the end of the first paragraph) I "scan" through my consciousness and often find a little nugget of something. They don't usually even consist of a single image. They usually consist of just a feeling or a hunch about a forgotten dream. I then latch onto it, like the last bit of the tail of a worm digging its way into the soil where it'll disappear forever. I then somehow reel it in and pull up a full dream. But don't force it or try to guess about the images. That just drives it away. I wish I could explain it better.