Amount of Dream Recall Required to LD

First post in these forums!

I've just recently gotten into Lucid Dreaming, and I haven't had a real one on my own yet, but I have been attempting to WILD.

I read that Dream Recall is important in Lucid Dreams, and I have started a Dream Journal. As of now, I can remember one dream a night rather vividly, with most details there. The only exception is when I have recently a couple terrible sleeps, and my mind was to preoccupied to remember my dream.

Only one time before, I attempted to WILD before any sleep (mostly to get a feel for it) and I was a bit successful, but quickly lost it.

My question is, is there any point in me attempting to WILD (or anything else for that matter) with the current dream recall I'm at? Or should I be striving to improve recall before I even worry about the Lucid Dreaming?

Thanks for the help, and my apologies if this should go in the Newbie zone, I wasn't sure where it should be.

Welcome to the forums!

Quality>Quantity. If your one dream per night has been very vivid, then I'd say you have a good enough recall(though it can always be better). Recall probably isn't as important for WILD as it would be for DILD. I really doubt you could forget it since you get sucked into the dream. To answer the last question, there's nothing wrong with working on recall and LDing at the same time. Worked for me.:)

Thanks for the quick reply! Also, would a WILD be possible for me, just starting out? Or are they a bit too challenging for someone completly new?

Depends on the person really. I've been LDing for almost a year, and I've yet to have my first WILD. Then I see people's signatures where there first or second LD was a WILD! I'd say go for it and even if it fails, practice never hurts, and you may get a WBTB induced lucid.

Thanks a lot! I think I will try then. I think that answers all my questions. Thanks for the help!

Yeah, Pastulio's right. You dont necessarily need good dream recall in order to WILD. Dream recall is however, important when it comes to DILDing. But my first LDs were all WILDs too, so like Pastulio said, there's no reason why you cant work on WILDing and your recall at the same time.:)

Theoretically, you could lucid dream with no dream recall at all, it just wouldn't do you any good because you'd forget it all before you woke up. You probably have good enough recall to remember the majority of your lucid dreams. Lucid dreams are much easier to remember than normal dreams anyway, because they usually happen just before you wake up, are much more interesting, and require more thought.

I find that 90% of my lucid dreams end with either my exciting or frustrating myself into wakefulness. This could definetely account for easier recall of them on my part at least. Waking up during a dream is about the best way to remember it. I just need to learn to control my emotions a bit better heh. Funny because I hide my feelings quite well in the real world, but that's not a good thing. Interesting it's almost a complete lack of control when in a dream. Compensatory maybe?