Thread: Dream Journal Causing Lucid Dreams?

Originally Posted by invadergarf

Hi everyone,

I've been having long dry spells for a while now (had one lucid dream over a week ago which ended around a week dry spell then... now i'm trying to have another lucid dream, or have been trying for a while now).

When my dry spell ended, it seemed that it ended because i started to write dreams down on my PDA again. Does actually writing down dreams cause people to have lucid dreams? Or was it just coincidence? I thought that writing a dream journal helped with dream recall only (which is fine for me, i recall plenty of dreams each night).

When I write down dreams on my PDA, i used to write down all my dreams, now i've stopped and just write down my lucid dreams. Should I do both? Will this help with my lucidity? For some reason I think that only writing down lucid dreams has caused me to stop lucid dreaming altogether..
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Haven't you seen all the ten thousand posts that tell you to KEEP A JOURNAL! .
Yes it does help dream recall and memory. This gives rise to factors of success in lucid endeavors.

One week dry spell--- again lol

I do the same. But I think the regular dreams may have more importance to the entire concept. These are the dreams you need to remember (you are not lucid) It seems the Lucid ones are easier to remember as well. Which stands to reason because you are conscious in them. So regular, non lucid dreams seen to fade from our memories more quickly. Seems to me anyway.

Originally Posted by Howetzer

Haven't you seen all the ten thousand posts that tell you to KEEP A JOURNAL! .
Yes it does help dream recall and memory. This gives rise to factors of success in lucid endeavors.

One week dry spell--- again lol

I do the same. But I think the regular dreams may have more importance to the entire concept. These are the dreams you need to remember (you are not lucid) It seems the Lucid ones are easier to remember as well. Which stands to reason because you are conscious in them. So regular, non lucid dreams seen to fade from our memories more quickly. Seems to me anyway.
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That's so true. I can remember my lucids in great detail where as regular dreams can be more difficult. I guess that's why its called concious dreaming as well.

So it not only improves dream recall but the amount of lucid dreams you have? I wrote down one of my dreams last night, so I'm hopefully back on track, lol.

Maybe I should start a dream journal on Dream Views as well... that might be fun.

My dream journal helped a lot back when I could remember my dreams. I'm in a dryspell so bad I don't even think I dream anymore. But if you can remember yours, I think a journal will help I discovered several dreamsigns that way. I hope I at least getsome recall back. Well I hope I get lucidity back too. Good luck to you. I'll watch for your journal!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

My dream journal helped a lot back when I could remember my dreams. I'm in a dryspell so bad I don't even think I dream anymore. But if you can remember yours, I think a journal will help I discovered several dreamsigns that way. I hope I at least getsome recall back. Well I hope I get lucidity back too. Good luck to you. I'll watch for your journal!
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I hope you get lucidity (not to mention dream recall) back too, i've been in a horrible dry spell too, these dry spells suck. I still have normal dream recall and stuff, it's just no lucid dreams... it must be hard to not remember dreams at all though, don't worry though, i'm sure you'll get back to remembering dreams soon.

It's good to know my dream journal will have at least one reader, i'll start one now actually on Dream Views (after this post).

Hi again, just a quick post to let you all know i've started a dream journal!

It's located at:
http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/inde...howtopic=36162

My Dream Journal habit once triggered my lucidity. I was climbing a weird icy stone wall, and I thought to myself: "Ï wanna write this in my dream journal". This seemed strange to think and I instantly became lucid.

lol that sounded awesome shroud. its like your brain knew it was a dream and decided to write it down before you knew it was a dream.

I finally had another lucid dream, but it wasn't really caused by my dream journal. I didn't even think about it in the dream.

In the dream though I did remember to try doing dragonball z energy balls (which was fun, i couldn't make them have a big impact on things, but it was fun none the less to try). I walked through glass and had a fun time for a little while until I kinda lost lucidity and the dream ended.

Yes I only have Lucid dreams if i'm keeping a journal

Always keep a dream journal!

I had a lucid dream last night (really really long one), but didn't remember much of it when I woke up...

Would this have been because i havent been keeping a dream journal for the last few days (been getting very little sleep, havent really been bothered to keep one)?

Yea what happened to your journal! I looked a couple times but no more entries! .

Doing the journal is a pain, but if I write it right away, it really helps me remember my dreams. I remember them without looking at the paper usually, but if I just lay there and think I will try to remember it, I never do. Even little fragments help I think, I have recognized a DS just from remembering one detail of a nightmare. I was using a voice recorder but I mumble and whisper a lot, so I think writing helps me get it down better. Also wakes me up a little more, to do a FILD attempt or something when I go back to bed.

It is hard to keep up with tho.

I haven't really been remembering my dreams lately... which is weird, but i've been getting to bed really late each night, so maybe that's screwing up my dream recall...

I do plan on writing more in my dream journal, i'm just trying to remember things which have happened so I can write them in...

I'm really lazy with my dream journal..... usually I won't write it for 5 days and then I'll need to write what happened the 5 days I didn't write it.....
Lol.

In fact right now I've got 3 days I still haven't recorded..... Whoops. Dammit I better do those fast, 4/5 of them are lucids

i used to remember my dreams quite often and didn't need to write them out, this week (possibly last week) I haven't remembered much...

I am lazy when it comes to writing them down (my mind just wants to sleep, not write down my dreams in the middle of the night).