Hi Petras, welcome to DILD class!
Recall:
It's normal to be able to remember a dream every night and then don't remember anything for a few days. Recall fluctuates, sometimes for no apparent reason at all. Could be stress, different time of going to bed, shorter sleep, or just about anything, or even nothing at all.
If you have good recall in general, then I would not worry about these little fluctuations.
Dream journal:
Yes, as you noticed, DJ is very important. Keep it up.
Wake back to bed:
You don't have to do WBTB for a DILD. It can help, but it's not necessary. Especially, if you have problem falling asleep afterwards.
Mantras:
Mantras are serving a few purposes. One of them helps us to keep our mind as quiet and empty as possible. It's really hard for most of the people to keep mind empty of any thoughts, so reciting mantra helps keep other thoughts away by directing our attention to just this one thought.
Mantras work the best when it's a last thought just before we fall asleep. But if that keeps you awake, then just try to repeat it for a while and then let go and go to sleep. Not sure if this will work for you, but you could give it a try.
RCs:
It's ok to use a watch or any other reminder to help us remember to RC.
You don't have to limit yourself when and how and why you do RC. Best is to use all possible reasons to better your chance that some of them will work.
1. Use an activity reminder - something you do often
- walking through doors
- using restroom
- noticing specific color
- get a phone call
- get a drink
- and anything else you can think of
2. Use a physical reminder - audio or visual
- set your watch to beep every hour
- set your timer
- put some sticky notes all over your place, school books, laptop, door frame, wall above you bed, first thing you see in the morning
- put a rubber band or bracelet on your wrist
- and whatever else you can
All these are just to help you get into habit of RCing. Pretty soon you will find, that you will start RCing even without them. And that's the best way to do it. Spontaneously. Whenever the feeling "OMG, what if this is a dream" strikes you.
3. Dream signs - anything, that occurs often in your dreams AND in your waking life.
You RC on these in WL every time you see it. Then, when they show up in your dream, you are likely to RC there as well.
4. When you notice something strange. It can be strange for real or you just pretend it is. Let's face it, our lives are not that strange, so we have to make up some stuff.
- a classmate shows up when you know he is at home sick
- you thought you still had some beer in your fridge but it's all gone
- it's lunch time, you should be hungry, but you not
- boy/girl that has been ignoring you is suddenly talking to you
- you see or hear anything and you think to yourself "that's strange"
5. At random
-every time you get the sinking/exciting/freeky/exhilarating feeling n your stomach, that what if this was a dream and you didn't notice
Being present
I think it means being aware of yourself with relation to the environment. Sageous explaines it really well here in his self-awareness article of his WILD tutorial.
And here is a complete guide to DILD - Collection of techniques for DILD.
Good luck and Happy dreams
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