remembering ALL of the dream.. especially the beginning?

[diggitydoggz]

Hey all, I've made a lot of progress with recall in the month that I've been doing this. I can now recall pretty consistently... but there's one thing that bugs me. I feel like even though I can recall a lot of my dream, there's scenes that are missing. I often get this feeling and I feel that what I missed is quite important as well. I usually stay in bed 10-15 minutes trying to recall everything but even then I feel like the things that happened at the beginning of the dream are hazy, and I have no idea where the dream began and where it ended. Do you guys have recall that is good enough to where you can pinpoint exactly when the dream began and when it ended? For those with perfect recall please share the tips you use to be able to reconstruct the whole dream without missing important scenes.

[Phrisco]

I think I'm able to notice where my dreams begin and end, although I do get dreams where it skips around so it's not a full, flowing story. The way I reconstruct my dreams is just wait for an image or something of the kind that will remind me of what my dream was and work my way up to where I can't think I've had anymore dreams that night. I usually just remember the last dream I had that night and go backwards (which I just did when I woke up this morning).

[ultranova]

Well it happens sometimes.I have very good dream recall but sometimes i just get a extract of a dream. Well if its happening too often here is what helps me a lot to remember a more details. When you wake up try not to move too much and try to remember everything you can. Now try 'playing' your dream backwards, sometimes I got what is missing by doing that. Also try to remember any unusual things you saw last days.They may be trigger for your dream.That's a case at 50% of my dreams.Example I saw a picture of a cool plane and that night I dreamed that I was driving plane.Well since dream can be about anything you seen in your life try to remember only things that drove your attention. Well that is what works for me.I know its nothing special and it may not be case at you but give it a try. For more advices contact some experienced dreamers.

[slayer]

I sometimes have trouble figuring out when one dream ended, and when another began. I guess it can work out with that mental RC "What happened before I got here?" Try RCing when you try to remember when a dream started/ended.

[Hukif]

I can generally remember all of my dreams, from begining (FA) to end, dunno if I do something for the recall though, always had it since kid... probably it has to do with me being vegetarian.