My Secret to Recall

**Dom343** · 04-10-2016 01:37 PM

Hey there. I've been trying to lucid dream for months. Every time it just seemed like no, "ILD" would ever work for me. So I took a step back and tried to work from the ground up, starting with recall. I tried all sorts of mantras and supplements but it didn't give me a rock solid dream recall. I decided to give up a lot of addictions including, masturbatiion, caffeine, and excessive computer time (I'm quite the nerd). I found that many people on another forum called NoFap experienced vivid, and easy to remember dreams when they quit addictions. I've gone from one fragmented dream a week to two or three incredibly detailed and vivid dreams a night. I would highly recommend cutting out any addictions to boost recall, I think it has something to do with the rebuilding of dopamine receptors when you quit. I thought I'd share that as it's been extremely useful for me and probably will be for you. Now I think I can move on to trying to become lucid!

**Highlife** · 04-14-2016 04:44 PM

Interesting. I hope you will soon proceed to the next step, but in any case, getting rid of addictions is a good thing in itself.

The prospect of LDs can serve as a good source of motivation.

Did anyone else experience a link between the two concepts?

**martakartus** · 04-16-2016 09:06 AM

This is an idea that's being constantly brought up lately. Funny thing is, I only ever see men commenting on this, but the ones who've tried say it has worked for them.

**Shabby** · 04-16-2016 03:37 PM

Interesting. I can definitely see how that increase in dopamine from other sources could help you lucid dream... I think I may just have to try it. After all, it's a known concept - you're essentially reprogramming your brain to give you dopamine (which makes you feel good) at different times, during different activities.

**IChooseMagikarp** · 04-18-2016 03:04 AM

I can't definitively say that NoFap has increased my dream recall yet (not enough data to pull from), but since I started I've been having a lot of "sexual" dreams. I guess the pressure has to be released somewhere?