Starting Again

I have been out of LD'ing for a few months because I never remember my dreams. I keep a DJ on my iPod, but it's been untouched for a while. To start, I have unclear and blurry dreams, and I haven't found some dream signs in any of my dreams yet. I don't really have too much time to devote to LDing, but I am willing to gradually work towards it. If there are any other ways to increase non-lucid dream clarity, that would be a nice start.

One of the most important aspects of improving your recall is keeping a dream journal. Even waking up in the middle of the night to write down quick jot notes of whatever you can remember will help. However, failing to keep a DJ of any sort will gradually reduce your recall, so be sure to keep using one. Even recording emotions or what you think you can remember is helpful; it may not seem like you're improving overnight, but every bit helps; fragments, full dreams, or even that small memory that you get when you go to bed for the night... Sometimes when I go through the day and get into bed, I get fleeting images of a dream I didn't remember that morning.

Try keeping a scrap sheet of paper and a pencil at your bedside and record notes whenever you can. Not every entry has to be a "good copy"; I scribble down all the dreams I remember but only the most prominent ones make it to my spell-checked online DJ.

Good luck with the LDing; if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Like Puffin said, dream journals are the way to go. It might not seem like its helping at first, but it will in the long run.
And don't worry about making it written nice or anything, i just scrawl main ideas down, barely legibly.

Also, try to write about your day before you go to bed, this has helped some people before, it clears your head.

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Originally Posted by Puffin

One of the most important aspects of improving your recall is keeping a dream journal. Even waking up in the middle of the night to write down quick jot notes of whatever you can remember will help. However, failing to keep a DJ of any sort will gradually reduce your recall, so be sure to keep using one. Even recording emotions or what you think you can remember is helpful; it may not seem like you're improving overnight, but every bit helps; fragments, full dreams, or even that small memory that you get when you go to bed for the night... Sometimes when I go through the day and get into bed, I get fleeting images of a dream I didn't remember that morning.

Try keeping a scrap sheet of paper and a pencil at your bedside and record notes whenever you can. Not every entry has to be a "good copy"; I scribble down all the dreams I remember but only the most prominent ones make it to my spell-checked online DJ.

Good luck with the LDing; if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

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Thanks for the idea! I usually write my dreams in a uniform paragraph, but changing it up every once in a while sounds good. One extra Q: Where should I go from there after recall is back up?

Once you have decent recall, I'd work on my awareness and choose an LDing technique (or a couple). You could actually start with MILD right now, telling yourself that "I will be able to remember my dreams" or something similar. Start doing reality checks too; pick a couple different ones so that if one of them fails, you'll be able to do another. :)

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Originally Posted by Puffin

Once you have decent recall, I'd work on my awareness and choose an LDing technique (or a couple). You could actually start with MILD right now, telling yourself that "I will be able to remember my dreams" or something similar. Start doing reality checks too; pick a couple different ones so that if one of them fails, you'll be able to do another. :)

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Sounds good. Thanks!