Dream Recall and Dreaming Help Needed

**Ethan1221** · 09-06-2011 08:51 PM

OK so first of all I would like to know all the facts and tips there are to dream recall. I want accurate descriptions so I can increase my dream recall as soon as possible. Secondly, I was having trouble with awareness and it's meaning. I understand that awareness means that you understand you are dreaming while you are dreaming. Am I correct? For example, I don't know I have a dream until I wake up and remember it. Is awareness being aware that you are dreaming at the moment? Please help.

**Frerk** · 09-06-2011 09:10 PM

Awareness means exactly what it says, you being aware of the fact you are dreaming at the moment you are dreaming.

Have you tried the wiki in your search for answers on dream recall?

**Ethan1221** · 09-06-2011 09:20 PM

Yes I have. I wanted to do Jeff777's Free-Falling WILD tonight I just needed some explanation on it. Do I do as the tutorial says here after I wake up right before REM or when I go to sleep at night? The link for Jeff777's WILD technique is at http://www.dreamviews.com/f79/jeff77...hnique-116172/

**LWA** · 09-07-2011 10:42 PM

Regarding dream recall, I do find it's essential to keep a dream journal, in whatever form you prefer. I don't know what the mechanism is exactly, but it seems like when we get in the habit of taking the time to record our dreams, they are more willing to show themselves. I keep a little notepad and a pencil under my pillow and, when I wake up during the night, I make notes on what I can remember of my dreams. (I do this with my eyes closed, in the dark. It took some practice at first, but now it's fairly easy.)

I have an alarm clock that chimes once and then doesn't make another sound for a few minutes. Those few minutes give me time to finish my last dream, so I don't wake up groggy, and once I'm awake, I find the absolute best way to remember what I dreamed is simply to mentally review whatever I'm able to recall. I just replay it over and over mentally, and quite often, other dream scenes from the night before will come into mind.

(My alarm clock is modeled on the Zen Alarm Clock, which is a great thing, but expensive, and I had three of them die. Finally, I just made my own chiming bells CD and put it into a Sony Dream Machine, I think it's called, which is an alarm clock that can wake you by playing a CD, among other methods. It is working out well.)