Thread: How can I be more aware that I'm dreaming?

Two things can help you learn to be aware you are dreaming. The first is becoming familiar with your dreams, so you can recognize the feeling of dreaming. This is where keeping a dream journal helps. Review your dreams frequently, and try to remember what it felt like to be dreaming. You can identify dream signs to act as reminders.

The second thing you can do is practice staying aware during your waking life. Reality check throughout your day, asking yourself if you are dreaming. How do you know? Become familiar with how it feels to be awake.

You want to be familiar with both states, so you can compare the two states. Eventually, you should be able to instantly identify whether you are awake or asleep, just based on how you feel. Your thoughts, your short term memories, your relationship to the world around you. They all feel different in a dream.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Two things can help you learn to be aware you are dreaming. The first is becoming familiar with your dreams, so you can recognize the feeling of dreaming. This is where keeping a dream journal helps. Review your dreams frequently, and try to remember what it felt like to be dreaming. You can identify dream signs to act as reminders.

The second thing you can do is practice staying aware during your waking life. Reality check throughout your day, asking yourself if you are dreaming. How do you know? Become familiar with how it feels to be awake.

You want to be familiar with both states, so you can compare the two states. Eventually, you should be able to instantly identify whether you are awake or asleep, just based on how you feel. Your thoughts, your short term memories, your relationship to the world around you. They all feel different in a dream.