Thread: My Technique For Better Dream Recall

When i first started trying to become lucid i had more trouble with remembering my dreams than anything else. Reading the techniqes on this site has helped and i adopted the dream journal wich really did help. The thing that has helped me the most is every night b4 i go to sleep i try to remember every thing i have done that day. As i lay there my mind starts drifting off and i make myslef go threw my entire day. I dont know if it will help any one else, but my dream recall has goteen 10 times better since i have started doing this.

Might as well give it a shot... though your half puking sad faces might make people hesitant.

Yes, I have started doing this when I write my diary at night. I like to think that this helps me to be more mindful during the day and notice small details.

What I have done to help me recall events from the day is to create some "triggers" to help me remember. I also like to try to recall things I have "forgotten" (ie, things that I would not normally consider important enough to write about in my diary at night). Here are the six triggers:

Situations/Events
Objects
Beings (People, animals)
Times
Activties
Places

I often find that remembering something from one of the triggers (eg: Places - I remember going to the local shop) can help to prompt a memory from one of the other triggers. Eg: The place = the local shop, which reminds me of a person, a guy who was arguing with the girl in the shop, etc.

Originally Posted by Bobblehat

Yes, I have started doing this when I write my diary at night. I like to think that this helps me to be more mindful during the day and notice small details.

What I have done to help me recall events from the day is to create some "triggers" to help me remember. I also like to try to recall things I have "forgotten" (ie, things that I would not normally consider important enough to write about in my diary at night). Here are the six triggers:

Situations/Events
Objects
Beings (People, animals)
Times
Activies
Places

I often find that remembering something from one of the triggers (eg: Places - I remember going to the local shop) can help to prompt a memory from one of the other triggers. Eg: The place = the local shop, which reminds me of a person, a guy who was arguing with the girl in the shop, etc.

Wow thats a fantastic idea. Unfortunately I don't keep a Waking diary but its great advice regardless; also the ability to recall waking life may help dream recall to some extent.