Dream Recall Triggers

[CJC]

Well, a bit about me- i have medium recall i have had a handful of LD's Today, i had an odd experience. I did not remember my dreams because of final exam stress. But, while taking the exam, I saw a fish tank. Seeing the fish triggered instant recall of a very vivid dream about dead fish on my garage floor (idk why its a dream right). I suddenly remebered the entire dream in extreme detail, which never happened to me. Has this happened to anyone else? Stories?

[ASmitt]

I tend to wake up in the morning knowing I had a dream, but not being able to remember any shred of a detail about it. Then, when my subconscious has had a chance to work on it, something I see/do/smell will open the floodgates of awesome memories. I love when it happens to be honest - a nice little surprise to brighten the day! In fact, just today I had a midterm; read a question the wrong way. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, all these memories of a zombie mall-outbreak came back to me! Long story short, I dazed through half the midterm without a care in the world.

[Slashcat]

Now i've started working on recall it happens to me basically everyday. i remember the dream i was having immediately before i woke up and that's it, then i'll see/hear something in the day and remember in full a dream from in the night.

[faceonmars]

We assimilate the previous day's memories in dreams so is it possible you were already thinking of the fish tank and/or fish before you dreamed of the dead fish?