Thread: Help remembering childhood dreams

I'm going to try to meditate on the images, but I am afraid of coming up with details that didn't actually happen, as my mind can wander easily.

I know what you mean, thats what im afraid of too^^

A reliable technique would be to ask you as many questions as you can, for example : "was it warm ? was it bright ? how did i feel ? what did i think ? what happenend before ?..." and if you are absolutely sure of something write it down(very important, only then!). Step by step u can recall old dreams like that, but you´d have to be patient to avoid making something up. Especially if it is still very vague.

Smart! I didn't think of all the information I would be getting from it, just been focusing on the images. Now that I focus on other senses I think I can piece a little bit more of the puzzle together. I've spent a good amount of time writing down all the things I was sure of in these moments, but also some things I was not sure about at all. Why do you think I should only write down the parts I am very certain of? I'm thinking if I write down things that might have happened it could spark my memory later upon reading it. Thanks for your advice, it's greatly apreaciated!

Why do you think I should only write down the parts I am very certain of? I'm thinking if I write down things that might have happened it could spark my memory later upon reading it.

If you can manage it, it is ok to write things/ideas down about what might have happened. The only danger i see there is that your mind will start very fast to make things up and in the same time give you the illusion that it actually happened. It has been proven scientifically that you can implant false childhoodmemories in peoples memory if you show them faked photos of themselwes in places where they have actually never been to. To simplify I´ll give you an example :

"It has been hot ( you are only sure about that and start guessing)
-> sun was shining then! ( maybe it was the radiator inside..)
-> i was outside !! (maybe inside near an ofen..)

But as your associative mind starts working you will soon have memories of the sun shining and be convinced about it.
I avoid to draw associative conclusions, because in dreams you can shiver of cold while lying in a sunshine beach^^

Hope it was not too confusing

I know this is gonna sound weird but smell is one of the strongest senses linked to memory. if you can think of any specific smell that lingered around your house when you were a child that's not in your current one maybe you can recreate it and then attempt to purposely go into one of these states. i dont know maybe it will help.

I agree with smell being very strong memory refresher.

And yes, sometimes as soon as my head hits the pillow, I start to get flashbacks of dreams recent and even long forgotten ones. They come in such a rapid succession, that It's near impossible to stop and explore a dream in more detail. It's my favorite time of the day, when this happens. All I can manage to mutter to myself is "ooooh, that one, and uuuh, that one too, cool", as the images scroll through my minds eye.

But I found that more I recall that one snippet, more often it returns and sometime, rarely though, more details emerge.

So maybe if you write those fragments down and then try to recall them every evening, maybe some more details will reveal themselves. And if there is some false memories with it, well, I don't think that can be prevented either way. Good luck.

Attempt to revisit the dream in a high-awareness lucid dream.
Even if all you remember is shards and fragments of the dream.
Works every time.

Just make sure to write it down when you wake up.